Modelling of time-dependent behavior of the basal sliding surface of the Åknes rockslide area in western Norway

Engineering Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 414-422

  Grøneng, Guro ^a   Lu, Ming ^a   Nilsen, Bjørn ^a   Jenssen, Arne K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Burger Creep Viscoplastic material model; FLAC3D; Numerical modelling; Rockslide; Time dependent behaviour

Indexed keywords

BASAL SLIDING; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; INTACT ROCKS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; ROCKSLIDE; SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS; SLIDING PLANES; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TIME SPAN; TIME-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR; UNSTABLE ROCK; VISCOPLASTIC MATERIALS;

CREEP; SHEAR STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOPLASTICITY;

SURFACES;

BURGESS THEORY; CREEP; DISPLACEMENT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCKFALL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; VISCOPLASTICITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 77955175283     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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