Study of slope failure due to rainfall: A comparison between experiment and simulation

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 147, 2006, Pages 2324-2335

  Sako, K ^a   Kitamura, R ^b   Fukagawa, R ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SAND; SEEPAGE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS;

GREEN HOUSE EFFECT; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL TANK TESTS;

EROSION;

EID: 33845522767     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40802(189)197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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