Oct 31, 2024  
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CEE 746 Stability of Soil and Rock Slopes

Credits: (3-0) 3

Geologic aspects of slope stability; shear strength of geologic materials; soil and rock mechanics approaches to slope stability and analysis; two-dimensional limiting equilibrium methods of slope stability and analysis including sliding block methods, Fellenius’ and Bishop’s methods of slices, and the Morgenstern-Price method of slices; introduction to three -dimensional methods of stability analysis; field instrumentation and performance observations; and case studies.


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