Chowdhury, Robin,

Geotechnical slope analysis / Robin Chowdhury ; other contributors, Phil Flentje, Gautam Bhattacharya. - 1 online resource (xxix, 737 pages)

Aims and overview : slopes, geology, and materials -- Basic geotechnical concepts -- Performance indicators and basic probability concepts -- Limit equilibrium methods I : planar failure surfaces -- Limit equilibrium methods II : slip surfaces and beyond critical equilibrium -- Stress-deformation analyses and their role in slope analysis -- Natural slope analysis considering initial stresses -- Plasticity and shear band analyses : a brief review -- Earthquake effects and seismic slope analysis -- Probabilistic approaches and reliability analyses -- Case study of urban slope stability -- Summing up.

9780203864203 9781135192051 9781135192099 9781135192105 9781466530881

10.1201/9780203864203 doi


Slopes (Soil mechanics)

TA710 / .C5466 2010

624.151363 / C552