Local soil failure before general slope failure

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-122

  Urciuoli, Gianfranco ^a   Picarelli, Luciano ^b   Leroueil, Serge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infinite slope; Progressive failure; Shear zone; Slope failure

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SLOPE STABILITY;

INFINITE SLOPE; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE; SHEAR ZONE; SLOPE FAILURE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; LANDSLIDE; SHEAR ZONE; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRENGTH; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 33846158762     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-006-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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