Effects of groundwater table position and soil properties on stability of slope during rainfall

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1555-1564

  Rahardjo, Harianto ^a   Nio, Alfrendo Satyanaga ^a   Leong, Eng Choon ^a   Song, Ng Yew ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Dept of Building Technology Housing and Development Board ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Groundwater table; Matric suction; Permeability; Rainfall intensity; Residual soils; Shear strength; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER TABLE; MATRIC SUCTIONS; PERMEABILITY; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RESIDUAL SOIL;

GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAIN; SAFETY FACTOR; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

GROUNDWATER; MATRIC POTENTIAL; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RESIDUAL SOIL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER TABLE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 77957910739     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000385     Document Type: Article

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