Centrifuge modeling of rock slopes susceptible to block toppling

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-382

  Zhang, J H ^a   Chen, Z Y ^b   Wang, X G ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Block toppling; Centrifuge; Joint persistence; Limit equilibrium method; Rock slope

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SLOPE STABILITY;

BLOCK TOPPLING; CENTRIFUGE ACCELERATIONS; JOINT PERSISTENCE; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS; ROCK SLOPE;

ROCK MECHANICS;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; FAILURE MECHANISM; GYPSUM; JOINT; LIMIT ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK BLOCK; SLOPE FAILURE; TOPPLING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34547868182     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-006-0112-9     Document Type: Article

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