TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chowdhury,Robin
AU  - Flentje,Phil
AU  - Bhattacharya,Gautam
TI  - Geotechnical slope analysis
SN  - 9780415469746 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - TA710 .C5466 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Boca Raton [Fla.], London
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Slopes (Soil mechanics)
N1  - "A Balkema book."; Includes bibliographical references 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 : general 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 studies of urban slope stability -- Summing up
ER  -