Analysis of earthquake-triggered failure mechanisms of slopes and sliding surfaces

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-290

  Wang, Jian ^a   Yao, Lingkan ^a,b   Hussain, Arshad ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sichuan Key Lab of Aseismic Eng and Technol   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Seismic sliding surface; Shaking table model test; Slope failure mechanism; Subgrade engineering; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955151031     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-010-2020-4     Document Type: Article

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