Landslide reliability analysis based on transfer coefficient method: A case study from Three Gorges Reservoir

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-198

  Bi, Renneng ^a,b   Ehret, Dominik ^b,c   Xiang, Wei ^a   Rohn, Joachim ^b   Schleier, Markus ^b   Jiang, Jiwei ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Regierungspräsidium Freiburg Dept 9   (Germany)

Author keywords

Landslide stability reliability; Monte Carlo method; Three Gorges Reservoir; Transfer coefficient method; Water level fluctuation

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL MECHANICS; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR;

EID: 84859711707     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-012-0244-7     Document Type: Article

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