Geotechnical slope analysis / Robin Chowdhury ; with contributions by Phil Flentje, Gautam Bhattacharya.

By: Chowdhury, Robin
Contributor(s): Flentje, Phil | Bhattacharya, Gautam
Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010Description: xxxiv, 737 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN: 9780415469746 (hbk.); 9780203864203 (ebk.)Subject(s): Slopes (Soil mechanics)DDC classification: 624.1/51363 LOC classification: TA710 | .C5466 2010
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [683]-711) and index.

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.

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