Geotechnical stability analysis by strength reduction

Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2000 - Slope Stability 2000, GSP 101

Volumn 289, Issue , 2000, Pages 99-113

  Dawson, Ethan ^a   Motamed, Farid ^a   Nesarajah, Saddanathapillai ^a   Roth, Wolfgang ^a  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; SAFETY FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; STABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CANTILEVER WALLS; FINITE DIFFERENCE (FD); FINITE ELEMENT (FE); GEOTECHNICAL STABILITY; SOIL SHEAR STRENGTH; STRENGTH R EDUCTION; STRENGTH REDUCTION TECHNIQUE;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 33845701986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40512(289)8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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