Unsaturated infinite slope stability considering surface flux conditions

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 963-974

  Travis, Quentin B ^a   Houston, Sandra L ^a   Marinho, Fernando A M ^b   Schmeeckle, Mark ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive soils; Embankment stability; Equilibrium; Failures; Landslides; Limit equilibrium; Pore pressure; Pore water; Pore water pressure; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil suction; Stability; Suction; Unsaturated flow; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE SOILS; EMBANKMENT STABILITY; EQUILIBRIUM; FAILURES; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; SLOPES; SOIL SUCTION; SUCTION; UNSATURATED FLOWS; UNSATURATED SOIL;

EMBANKMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDSLIDES; PORE PRESSURE; SAFETY FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS; STABILITY; SUPERSATURATION; WATER;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COHESIVE SOIL; EMBANKMENT; FAILURE MECHANISM; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; LIMIT ANALYSIS; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; SATURATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLIDING; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SUCTION; SURFACE FLUX; UNSATURATED FLOW; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 77955614951     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000301     Document Type: Article

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