Numerical analyses on progressive failure of slope due to heavy rain with 2D and 3D FEM

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Ye, Guanlin ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Yashima, Atsushi ^a   Sumi, Taketomi ^b   Ikemura, Takeshi ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Teikoku Engineering Consultants INC   (Japan)

^c Raito Kogyo Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D analysis; FEM; Progressive failure; Slope; Soil water coupling; Strain softening (IGC: G6)

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RAIN; SHEAR STRAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

3-D-ANALYSIS; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE; SLOPE; SOIL WATER; STRAIN-SOFTENING;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 33645894424     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.45.2_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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