Abstract: In this study, a new method for calculating seismic displacements of soil retaining walls is proposed. This pseudostatic-based method is based on the failure mechanisms proposed and verified by the writer. Displacement ...

Abstract: A 3‐D slope‐stability‐analysis method, explicitly satisfying all limiting‐equilibrium equations, is presented. To make the problem statically determinate, the variational approach, rather than intuition in 3‐D, is used. ...

Abstract: The results of a generalized variational slope stability analysis, which is rigorous in the framework of limit equilibrium, are presented. To alleviate possible intimidation due to the abstract nature of the variational ...

Abstract: A new three-dimensional (3D) slope stability analysis method is developed based on two-directional moment equilibrium. This method calculates not only the safety factor but also the possible direction of sliding for ...

Abstract: Many soil retaining walls, which were used to stabilize highway embankments constructed on hillside, were severely damaged during the major earthquake (Chi-Chi earthquake,

Abstract: This paper describes an extension of a new three-dimensional (3D) stability analysis method, including formulation, comparative studies, and examples of new application. The new method uses “two-directional force and moment ...