Comparative numerical and analogue shear box experiments and their implications for the mechanics along the failure plane of landslides

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-220

  Huhn, Katrin ^a   Kock, Ingo ^a   Kopf, Achim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; LANDSLIDE; PORE PRESSURE; SHEAR TEST; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 34249734759     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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