Geotechnical slope analysis / Robin Chowdhury ; other contributors, Phil Flentje, Gautam Bhattacharya.
By: Chowdhury, Robin [author.].
Contributor(s): Flentje, Phil | Bhattacharya, Gautam.
Material type: BookPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 737 pages).ISBN: 9780203864203; 9781135192051; 9781135192099; 9781135192105; 9781466530881.Subject(s): Slopes (Soil mechanics)Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 624.151363 Online resources: Click here to view.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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