Probabilistic slope analysis with the finite element method

43rd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and 4th U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hammah, R E ^a   Yacoub, T E ^a   Curran, J H ^b  

^a Rocscience Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrete fracture networks; Finite element method; Joint networks; Jointed rock masses; Probabilistic analysis; Probability of failure; Risk analysis; Rock slopes; Shear strength reduction analysis

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORKS; JOINT NETWORK; JOINTED ROCK MASS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; ROCK SLOPE; SHEAR STRENGTH REDUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SAFETY FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70450212213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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