Slope stability analyses for materials with a non‐linear failure envelope
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
- Vol. 12 (5) , 533-550
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.1610120507
Abstract
Upper bound techniques are used to analyse the stability of slopes of material failing according to a non‐linear failure criterion, such as closely jointed rocks. The global, extremal nature of upper bound calculations is discussed, as is the inverse use of such procedures for obtaining safe lower bound estimates for material strength properties in back analyses. Specific results are presented for the material model proposed by Hoek and Brown.Keywords
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