The interaction of seismic waves with step-like slopes and its influence on landslide movements

Engineering Geology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-36

  Lenti, L ^a   Martino, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic numerical modelling; Seismic amplification; Seismically induced landslides; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

DEAMPLIFICATION; DYNAMIC SIGNALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; GROUND MOTIONS; K-VALUES; LANDSLIDE MASS; LANDSLIDE MOVEMENTS; MAJOR FACTORS; NUMERICAL CODE; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE; PSEUDOSTATIC; SEISMIC GROUND MOTIONS; SEISMIC INPUT; SEISMICALLY INDUCED LANDSLIDES; SLIDING BLOCK METHOD; SLIDING BLOCKS; STRAIN EFFECT; STRESS-STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

AMPLIFICATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLAC; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC WAVE; SLOPE STABILITY; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VISCOPLASTICITY;

ANAS;

EID: 84856555522     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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