[American Society of Civil Engineers Geo-Denver 2000 - Denver, Colorado, United States (August 5-8, 2000)] Slope Stability 2000 - Geotechnical Stability Analysis by Strength Reduction

✍ Scribed by Dawson, Ethan; Motamed, Farid; Nesarajah, Saddanathapillai; Roth, Wolfgang

• Book ID: 120530761
• Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 600 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0784405123
• DOI: 10.1061/40512(289)8

✦ Synopsis

this Collection Of 26 Technical Papers Focues On The State Of The Art In Slope Stability Analysis, Design, And Practice. All Of The Papers Seek To Use Modern Analysis And Instrumentation Tools To Better Define The Factors Both Causing And Mitigating Stability Problems In Slopes. Topics Include: Case Histories Of Both Natural And Constructed Slopes; Slope Stabilization Methods; Rock Slope Analysis; Shear Strength Evaluation; Centrifuge Testing; Limit Analysis; 3-d Analyses; Finite Element And Finite Difference Methods; Progressive Failure Analyses; And Probabilistic Methods Using Bayesian And Random Field Approaches.

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this Is A Collection Of 26 Technical Papers Covering Contemporary Issues In Slope Stability Analysis, Design, And Practice. The Civil Engineers Presenting At The Geodenver 2000 Conference Focus On The Analysis And Instrumentation Tools Used To Define The Factors Causing And Mitigating Stability Problems. The Articles Include Discussions Of Case Histories Of Both Natural And Constructed Slopes, Rock Slope Analysis, Centrifuge Testing, Limit Analysis, Finite Element And Finite Difference Methods, And Probabilistic Methods Using Bayesian And Random Field Approaches. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)