Probabilistic infinite slope analysis

Title: Probabilistic infinite slope analysis
Creator: Griffiths, D. V.; Huang, Jinsong; Fenton, Gordon A.
Relation: Computers and Geotechnics Vol. 38, Issue 4, p. 577-584
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2011.03.006
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2011
Description: Research activity in the mechanics of landslides has led to renewed interest in the infinite slope equations, and the need for a more general framework for giving insight into the probability of failure of long slopes involving non-homogeneous vertical soil profiles and variable groundwater conditions. This paper describes a methodology in which parameters such as the soil strength, slope geometry and pore pressures, are generated using random field theory. Within the limitations of the infinite slope assumptions, the paper clearly demonstrates the important “seeking out” effect of failure mechanisms in spatially random materials, and how “first order” methods that may not properly account for spatial variability can lead to unconservative estimates of the probability of slope failure
Subject: infinite slope; stability; finite element method; probability of failure; spatial correlation
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/941137
Identifier: uon:13184
Identifier: ISSN:0266-352X
Language: eng
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