Projection method for validating reliability analysis of soil slopes

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 753-756

  Hsu, Yung Chia ^a   Lin, Jeen Shang ^b   Kuo, Jan Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Probability; Reliability; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

METHOD OF MOMENTS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR;

CRITICAL FACTOR OF SAFETY; MEAN-VALUE FIRST-ORDER SECOND-MOMENT METHOD; SOIL SLOPES;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SOIL BURIAL TEST; SOIL RESISTANCE; STABILITY;

EID: 34249084269     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2007)133:6(753)     Document Type: Article

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