Slope Analysis

✍ Scribed by R.N. CHOWDHURY (Eds.)

Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
Year: 1978
Leaves: 429
Series: Developments in Geotechnical Engineering 22
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Further titles in this series
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Dedication
Page v

Preface
Pages vii-viii
R.N. Chowdhury

Chapter 1 - Slopes, Geology and Materials
Pages 1-29

Chapter 2 - Basic Concepts
Pages 30-77

Chapter 3 - Limit Equilibrium Methods I – Planar Failure Surfaces
Pages 78-124

Chapter 4 - Limit Equilibrium Methods II – Slip Surfaces of Arbitrary Shape
Pages 125-172

Chapter 5 - Stress Analysis and Slope Stability
Pages 173-212

Chapter 6 - Natural Slope Analysis Considering Initial Stresses
Pages 213-244

Chapter 7 - Plasticity and Shear Band Analyses – A Brief Review
Pages 245-276

Chapter 8 - Some Special Aspects of Slope Analysis – Earthquakes, Creep, Anisotropy
Pages 277-311

Chapter 9 - Analysis in Practice and Probabilistic Approaches
Pages 312-357

Appendix I - Shear Strength Parameters of Residual Soils, Weathered Rocks and Related Minerals
Pages 358-361

Appendix II - Slope Stability Charts and their use for Different Conditions Including Rapid Draw Down
Pages 362-393

Appendix III - Morgenstern and Price Approach – Some Additional Particulars
Pages 394-399

References
Pages 400-418

Subject Index
Pages 419-422

Errata and Addenda
Page 423

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