Seismic stability of reinforced slopes: Failure mechanisms and displacements

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 333-349

  Huang, C C ^a   Horng, J C ^b   Charng, J J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NAN JEON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Displacement; Failure mechanism; Geosynthetics; Reinforced slope; Seismic stability; Tilting table

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FACINGS; FRICTION; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT; RIGIDITY; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY; STIFFNESS;

DISPLACEMENT; FAILURE MECHANISM; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED SLOPE; SEISMIC STABILITY; TILTING TABLE;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

DEFORMATION; FAILURE MECHANISM; GEOSYNTHETICS; REINFORCED EARTH; RIGIDITY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT;

DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 55349148662     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: 10726349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.2008.15.5.333     Document Type: Article

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