A unified model for predicting earthquake-induced sliding displacements of rigid and flexible slopes

Engineering Geology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 51-60

  Rathje, Ellen M ^a   Antonakos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Landslide; Seismic hazards; Seismic slope stability

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE PARAMETER; DISPLACEMENT MODEL; DISPLACEMENT PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE MOTION; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL PREDICTIVE MODELS; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MEAN PERIOD; MULTIPLE GROUNDS; NATURAL PERIOD; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SEISMIC COEFFICIENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC LOADINGS; SEISMIC SLOPE; SEISMIC STABILITY; SLIDING DISPLACEMENTS; SLIDING MASS; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK; UNIFIED MODEL;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKES; FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC WAVES; SLOPE PROTECTION;

SLOPE STABILITY;

DISPLACEMENT; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK ACCELERATION; SLIDING; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 80052346788     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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