Limit state design of soil slopes

• Main Author: Sam, Man Keong.
• Other Authors: Chu, Jian
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19451
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There are a number of different methods of soil slope stability analysis proposed by various researchers. Most of these are limit equilibrium methods, e.g. Bishop's simplified Method of Slices. However, the present trend in most codes, e.g. the draft Eurocode 7 (1992), is to adopt the limit sta...