| Description |
1 online resource (774 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Slopes (Soil mechanics)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Flentje, Phil, contributor.
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Bhattacharya, Gautam, contributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chowdhury, Robin. Geotechnical slope analysis. Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2010] xxix, 737 pages 9780415469746 (DLC)2009026758 |
| ISBN |
9780415469746 |
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9780203864203 (electronic bk.) |
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