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Determination of Mohr–Coulomb Shear Strength Parameters from Generalized Hoek–Brown Criterion for Slope Stability Analysis

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Scholarship supports provided by China Scholarship Council (CSC) is gratefully acknowledged. The author would like to express their gratitude to the editor Prof. Giovanni Barla and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on the draft paper. The authors are grateful to Mrs Barbara Brougham for reviewing the manuscript.

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    Jiayi Shen, S. D. Priest & M. Karakus

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Shen, J., Priest, S.D. & Karakus, M. Determination of Mohr–Coulomb Shear Strength Parameters from Generalized Hoek–Brown Criterion for Slope Stability Analysis. Rock Mech Rock Eng 45, 123–129 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-011-0184-z

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