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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821386403321

Autore

Chowdhury Robin

Titolo

Geotechnical slope analysis / / Robin Chowdhury ; other contributors, Phil Flentje, Gautam Bhattacharya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-19207-3

1-135-19210-3

1-282-50388-X

9786612503887

0-203-86420-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (774 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FlentjePhil

BhattacharyaGautam

Disciplina

624.1/51363

624.151363

Soggetti

Slopes (Soil mechanics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Freshly updated and extended version of Slope Analysis (Chowdhury, Elsevier, 1978). This reference book gives a complete overview of the developments in slope engineering in the last 30 years. Its multi-disciplinary, critical approach and the chapters devoted to seismic effects and probabilistic approaches and reliability analyses, reflect the distinctive style of the original. Subjects discussed are: the understanding of slope performance, mechanisms of instability, requirements for modeling and analysis, and new techniques for



observation and modeling. Special attention is paid to the relati