Influence of spatial variability on slope reliability using 2-D random fields

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1367-1378

  Griffiths, D V ^a   Huang, Jinsong ^a   Fenton, Gordon A ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failures; Finite element method; Probability; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS; SLOPE FAILURE PROBABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 70349546956     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000099     Document Type: Article

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