Soil nailed slope by strength reduction and limit equilibrium methods

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 602-618

  Wei, W B ^a   Cheng, Y M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Slip surface; Slope stability; Soil nail; Strength reduction method; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SLIP SURFACE; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FIELD TEST; INTERNAL FAILURE; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS; LIMIT STATE; NAIL HEAD; OPTIMUM LAYOUT; OVERBURDEN STRESS; SLIP SURFACES; SOIL NAILS; SOIL-NAILED SLOPES; STRENGTH REDUCTION; STRENGTH REDUCTION METHOD; TENSILE FAILURES; TOPDOWN;

FAILURE MODES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; SOILS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SLOPE STABILITY;

FIELD METHOD; SAFETY; SLOPE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL NAILING; SOIL STRENGTH; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TESTING METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77953915499     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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