Comprehensive Stability Evaluation of Rock Slope Using the Cloud Model-Based Approach

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2239-2252

  Liu, Zaobao ^a,b   Shao, Jianfu ^a,b   Xu, Weiya ^a   Xu, Fei ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Hainan Highway Design Institute ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Cloud models; Jinping 1 Hydropower station; Membership cloud; Rock slope; Stability evaluation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; ROCKS; SLOPE PROTECTION;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CLOUD MODELS; HYDROPOWER STATIONS; ROCK SLOPE; STABILITY EVALUATION;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 84908357427     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: 1434453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-013-0507-3     Document Type: Article

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