A numerical analysis of rock creep-induced slide: A case study from Jiweishan Mountain, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2111-2128

  Xu, Tao ^a   Xu, Qiang ^b   Deng, Maolin ^b   Ma, Tianhui ^c   Yang, Tianhong ^a   Tang, Chun an ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Rock creep; Rockslide; Time dependent behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SLOPE PROTECTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY; ROCK CREEP; ROCKSLIDE; SLOPE-FORMING MATERIALS; STRESS AND DEFORMATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

CREEP; DEFORMATION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SLOPE FAILURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84907595332     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3119-7     Document Type: Article

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