Applications of the point estimation method for stochastic rock slope engineering

Gulf Rocks 2004 - 6th North America Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Miller, Stanley M ^a   Whyatt, Jeffrey K ^b   McHugh, Edward L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OPEN PIT MINING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUARRIES; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SAFETY FACTOR; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; POINT ESTIMATION METHOD; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; ROCK DISCONTINUITY; ROCK SLOPE FAILURE; STABILITY SIMULATION;

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EID: 85013195621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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