Performance of a large-scale slope model subjected to rising and lowering water levels

Engineering Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 92-103

  Jia, G W ^a   Zhan, Tony L T ^a   Chen, Y M ^a   Fredlund, D G ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failure mode; Large scale model test; Sandy silt; Slope stability; Water level changes

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; LARGE-SCALE MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; SANDY SILT; SILTY SOILS; SIMULATION PROCESS; SLIP SURFACES; SLOPE FAILURES; TOTAL EARTH PRESSURES; UNSATURATED SOIL SLOPES; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WATER LEVEL RISE; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LEVELING (MACHINERY); NUMERICAL METHODS; SILT; SLOPE PROTECTION; SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER LEVELS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 67349139605     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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