Locating non-circular critical slip surfaces by particle swarm optimization algorithm

Yanshilixue Yu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1443-1449

  Chen, Yunmin ^a   Wei, Xinjiang ^a,b   Li, Yuchao ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY CITY COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Critical slip surface; Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm; Slope engineering; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SAFETY FACTOR; SLIP FORMING;

CRITICAL SLIP SURFACE; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO) ALGORITHM; SLOPE ENGINEERING;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 33748476270     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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