On the stability of fissured slopes subject to seismic action

• Published in: International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 785 - 806
• Main Authors: Utili, S., Abd, A.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Blackwell Publishing Ltd 10.04.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acceleration; Charts; crack; Cracks; earthquake; Earthquakes; kinematic approach; landslide; limit analysis; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Seismic activity; Slope stability; Slopes; Stability; stability chart; upper bound

Summary A set of analytical solutions achieved by the upper bound theorem of limit analysis and the pseudo‐static approach is presented for the assessment of the stability of homogeneous c, ϕ slopes manifesting vertical cracks and subject to seismic action. Rotational failure mechanisms are consider...