Progressive landslides in long natural slopes : Formation, potential extension and configuration of finished slides in strain-softening soils

• Main Author: Bernander, Stig
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Byggkonstruktion och -produktion 2011
• Subjects: Infrastructure Engineering; Infrastrukturteknik; Geotechnical Engineering; Geoteknik; Nordal; Tuve; Luleå
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17872

After the large landslide in Tuve (Gothenburg, 1977), the author began developing a finite difference model for slope stability analysis taking the deformation-softening of soft sensitive clays into consideration. In the model, the mean down-slope deformation in each element caused by normal forces...