Table of Contents: Geotechnical slope analysis /

Geotechnical slope analysis /

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

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Bibliographic Details
VerfasserIn:	Chowdhury, Robin,
TeilnehmendeR:	Flentje, Phil, Bhattacharya, Gautam,
Place / Publishing House:	Boca Raton : : CRC Press,, [2010] 2010
Year of Publication:	2010
Language:	English
Online Access:	https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=2010364
Physical Description:	1 online resource (774 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps
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Table of 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.