Reanalysis of a municipal landfill slope failure near Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-53

  Chugh, Ashok K ^a   Stark, Timothy D ^b   DeJong, Kees A ^c  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum mechanics; Displacement; Limit equilibrium; Municipal landfill; Numerical analysis; Slope failure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SLOPE STABILITY;

LIMIT-EQUILIBRIUM-BASED SLOPE STABILITY; MUNICIPAL LANDFILL; SLOPE FAILURE; SURFACE GEOMETRY;

LANDSLIDES;

COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LAND FILL; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SLOPE STABILITY;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DISPLACEMENT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; LIMIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34249893942     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T06-089     Document Type: Article

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