Finite element reliability analysis of slope stability

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-652

  Tan, Xiao Hui ^a   Wang, Jian Guo ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerating convergence; Finite element method; Limited step length iteration method (LSLIM); Reliability analysis; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATING ALGORITHMS; ACCELERATING CONVERGENCE; FINITE ELEMENT RELIABILITIES; FLOW CHARTS; ITERATION NUMBERS; LIMIT STATE FUNCTIONS; LIMITED STEP LENGTH ITERATION METHOD (LSLIM); NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; RELIABILITY INDEXES; SLIP SURFACES; TANGENT STIFFNESS METHODS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DECISION TREES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPHIC METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 65649128126     PISSN: 1673565X     EISSN: 18621775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A0820542     Document Type: Article

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