Laboratory shear strength parameters of cohesive soils: Variability and potential effects on slope stability

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-106

  Di Matteo, Lucio ^a   Valigi, Daniela ^a   Ricco, Remo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Sperimentale per l'Edilizia (ISTEDIL)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct shear testing; Quarry backfill; Reliability analysis; Repeatability test; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

QUARRIES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SLOPE PROTECTION;

DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; DIRECT SHEAR; FINE GRAINED SOIL; FRICTION ANGLES; LONG TERM STABILITY; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SHEAR STRENGTH PARAMETERS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BACKFILL; COHESIVE SOIL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

ITALY;

EID: 84874492953     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-013-0459-6     Document Type: Article

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