Centrifuge modeling of slope instability

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 758-767

  Ling, Hoe I ^a   Wu, Min Hao ^a,b   Leshchinsky, Dov ^c   Leshchinsky, Ben ^a  

^a Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge models; Clays; Limit equilibrium; Mixtures; Rainfall intensity; Sand; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; CLAY MINERALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INFILTRATION; SAND; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

ACCUMULATED RAINFALL; ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION; CENTRIFUGE MODELING; CENTRIFUGE MODELS; CENTRIFUGE TESTS; CIRCULAR MECHANISM; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM; MODELING TECHNIQUE; MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; OPTIMUM WATER CONTENT; PLANE STRAIN CONDITION; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE INSTABILITY; SOIL BEHAVIORS; SOIL TYPES; TEST SLOPES; UNSATURATED COMPACTED SOIL;

SLOPE STABILITY;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; CLAY; COULOMB CRITERION; FAILURE MECHANISM; MOHR THEORY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SAND; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; THRESHOLD; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 66349106186     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000024     Document Type: Article

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