Centrifuge modeling for rock slopes

Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 6th ICPMG'06 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2006, Pages 19-28

  Chen, Z Y ^a   Zhang, J H ^b   Wang, W X ^a   Xing, Y C ^a  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CENTRIFUGE MODELING; ROCK SLOPE; ROCK STRUCTURES; TECHNICAL PROBLEM;

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EID: 84863230383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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