Safety factor nomograms for homogeneous earth dams less than ten meters high

Engineering Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 231-238

  Colomer Mendoza, F J ^a   Ferrer Gisbert, A ^b   Gallardo Izquierdo, A ^a   Bovea, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Earth dam; Safety factor; Slope; Stability

Indexed keywords

EARTH DAM; GEOTECHNICAL; GEOTECHNICAL DATUM; HOMOGENEOUS EARTH DAMS; LEACHATES; MATERIAL CLASSIFICATIONS; SLOPE; SOIL CLASSIFICATIONS;

COFFERDAMS; EMBANKMENT DAMS; GEOMEMBRANES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; NOMOGRAMS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SLOPE STABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

SAFETY FACTOR;

DESIGN; EARTH DAM; EMBANKMENT; MEMBRANE; SAFETY; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; WATERPROOFING;

EID: 64049090580     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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