Footwall slope stability analysis with the numerical manifold method

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 964-975

  Ning, Y J ^a   An, X M ^a   Ma, G W ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discontinuity modeling; Instability; Numerical manifold method; Slope

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

BEDDING PLANES; CRACK PROBLEMS; DISCONTINUITY MODEL; MOHR-COULOMB CRITERIA; NUMERICAL MANIFOLD METHOD; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PLANE ORIENTATION; SLOPE; SLOPE INSTABILITY; SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BEDDING PLANE; COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOOTWALL; MOHR THEORY; PARAMETERIZATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960118020     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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