Limit analysis and stability charts for 3d slope failures

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 583-593

  Michalowski, Radoslaw L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure; Landslides; Limit analysis; Loaded slopes; Plasticity; Slope stability; Three dimensional analysis

Indexed keywords

3D ANALYSIS; CASE HISTORY; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; CRITICAL HEIGHT; EXCAVATION SLOPE; FAILURE MECHANISM; FORMAL DERIVATION; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LOAD-FREE; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE SAFETY; SOIL COLUMN; STABILITY ANALYSIS OF SLOPE; STABILITY CHART; SURFACE AREA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; UPPER BOUND;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PLASTICITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS; STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SAFETY FACTOR;

FAILURE MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; LANDSLIDE; LIMIT ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952256398     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000251     Document Type: Article

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