Seismic stability analysis of a himalayan rock slope

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 831-843

  Latha, Gali Madhavi ^a   Garaga, Arunakumari ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamic response; Jointed rock mass; Numerical analysis; Pseudo static analysis; Rock slope; Seismic slope stability

Indexed keywords

FACTOR OF SAFETY; GLOBAL STABILITY; GROUND LEVEL; HIMALAYAS; HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT; JOINT SPACING; JOINTED ROCK MASS; OVERALL STABILITIES; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PROGRAM FLAC; PSEUDO-STATIC ANALYSIS; PSEUDOSTATIC; RAILWAY BRIDGES; ROCK SLOPE; SEISMIC SLOPE; SEISMIC STABILITY; SEISMIC ZONES; TIME RESPONSE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKES; EMBANKMENT DAMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SAFETY FACTOR; STATIC ANALYSIS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BRIDGE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; JOINT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SAFETY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC ZONE; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STATIC RESPONSE;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 78149469037     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-010-0088-3     Document Type: Article

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