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On the Assessment of Failure in Slope Stability Analysis by the Finite Element Method

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  1. Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Hazards Protection and Control, China Three Gorges University, Yi Chang, China

    H. Zheng & D. F. Liu

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock & Soil Mechanics, Wuhan, China

    H. Zheng & C. G. Li

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Author’s address: Prof. Hong Zheng, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China

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Zheng, H., Liu, D. & Li, C. On the Assessment of Failure in Slope Stability Analysis by the Finite Element Method. Rock Mech Rock Eng 41, 629–639 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-007-0129-8

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