Numerical analysis of the 650,000 m2 Åknes rock slope based on measured displacements and geotechnical data

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 689-728

  Kveldsvik, Vidar ^a,b,d   Einstein, Herbert H ^c   Nilsen, Bjørn ^b   Blikra, Lars Harald ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

DDA Backward; Displacement analysis; Landslides; Numerical modelling; UDEC

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE MEASUREMENTS; DDA-BACKWARD; DISCONTINUOUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GEOTECHNICAL DATA; GREAT DEPTH; GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER PRESSURE; LIMITED DATA; NUMERICAL MODELLING; ROCK SLOPE; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SLOPE INSTABILITY; SLOPE SURFACES; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUB-AREAS; UDEC; UNIVERSAL DISTINCT ELEMENT CODES;

FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; METALLIC GLASS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TSUNAMIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

DISPLACEMENT; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; TSUNAMI;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349873706     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-008-0005-1     Document Type: Article

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