Seismic bearing capacity of a strip footing on rock slopes

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 943-954

  Yang, Xiao Li ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hoek Brown failure criterion; Rock slope; Seismic bearing capacity factor

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GROUND INCLINATION; HOEK-BROWN FAILURE CRITERION; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LINEAR MOHR COULOMBS; NON-LINEAR FAILURE CRITERIA; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PRACTICAL USE; QUASI-STATIC; ROCK ENGINEERING; ROCK SLOPE; SEISMIC BEARING CAPACITY; SEISMIC BEARING CAPACITY FACTOR; SEISMIC COEFFICIENT; STATIC PROBLEMS; STRIP FOOTING; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROCKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEISMOLOGY; WELDS;

BEARING CAPACITY;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BEARING CAPACITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOOTING; HOEK-BROWN CRITERION; NONLINEARITY; OPTIMIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SLOPE FAILURE; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

EID: 70349216355     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T09-038     Document Type: Article

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