TY - BOOK AU - Chowdhury,Robin AU - Flentje,Phil AU - Bhattacharya,Gautam TI - Geotechnical slope analysis SN - 9780415469746 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 -