Probabilistic stability evaluation of oppstadhornet rock slope, Norway

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 729-749

  Duzgun, H S B ^a   Bhasin, R K ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Probabilistic slope stability; Reliability; Risk assessment; Rock slope

Indexed keywords

CRITERION PARAMETERS; DISTRIBUTION FITTING; FAILURE PROBLEMS; FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; JOINT ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENTS; JOINTED ROCK; LIMIT STATE EQUATIONS; MEAN VALUES; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; PROBABILISTIC SLOPE STABILITY; RELIABILITY INDEX; RESIDUAL FRICTION; ROCK SLOPE; SLOPE ANGLES; STABILITY EVALUATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROCKS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ALGORITHM; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349863266     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-008-0011-3     Document Type: Article

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