Risk assessment and treatment in slope stability forensic engineering

Forensic Engineering, Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn 217, Issue , 2007, Pages 141-153

  Popescu, Mihail E ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORENSIC ENGINEERING; SLOPE FAILURES; SLOPE INSTABILITY HAZARD ASSESSMENT;

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 33847728686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40853(217)13     Document Type: Article

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