Earthquake stability analysis of rock slopes: A case study

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-215

  Pal, Shilpa ^a   Kaynia, Amir M ^b   Bhasin, Rajinder K ^b   Paul, D K ^c  

^a GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Earthquake; Landslide; Rock slope; Rotation; Sliding; UDEC

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; ACTIVE LANDSLIDES; DISCONTINUITIES; DISCONTINUUM; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHODS; EARTHQUAKE STABILITY; FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE; MAIN ROADS; MITIGATION MEASURES; POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE; ROCK MASS; ROCK SLOPE; SLIDING; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADING; TOWN CENTRE; UDEC;

DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKES; LOADING; ROTATION;

LANDSLIDES;

DISCONTINUITY; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; LANDSLIDE; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE PRESSURE; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WEAK ROCK;

DEHRADUN; INDIA; MUSSOORIE; TEHRI GARHWAL; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84861573275     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-011-0145-6     Document Type: Article

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