Dynamic rock slope stability analysis at Masada national monument using Block Theory and DDA

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 63-70

  Hatzor, Y H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMICS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DETERMINISTIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; FACTOR OF SAFETY; IN- SITU MONITORING; ROCK SLOPE STABILITY; SPECTRAL AMPLIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHIC SITE EFFECTS; WATER PRESSURES;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 84871045578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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