Modeling the evolution of slope failure as a crack propogation problem

11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1124-1129

  Lin, Jeen Shang ^a   Ku, Cheng Yu ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b SINOTECH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE MODELING; CRACK PROPOGATION; DYNAMIC FORMULATION; FAILURE SURFACE; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; INTERACTION PROBLEMS; MAXIMUM STRESS; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MIXED MODE CRACK PROPAGATION; PARTITION OF UNITY METHODS; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL MASS; TENSILE CRACK; WATER PRESSURES;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SLOPE STABILITY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84869816986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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