Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Editorial Board of the Book Series -- Editor-in-Chief -- Assistant Editors-in-Chief -- Editors -- KLC2020 Managing Committee -- Advisory Members for KLC2020 -- KLC2020 Official Promoters -- Public Sectors: KLC2020 Official Promoters-Public -- International Unions/Associations, Governmental Organizations, Universities and Research Institutes -- Private Sectors: KLC2020 Official Promoters-Private -- Companies and Corporation -- Standing Editors for KLC2020 Book Series -- Editorial Office -- Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides and Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 -- A Commitment to the Sendai Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals -- Members of the IPL-KLC Global Promotion Committee -- Contents -- Part I: ICL Landslide Lesson -- Advancements in Shear Strength Interpretation, Testing, and Use for Landslide Analysis -- 1 Background -- 2 Causes of Landslides -- 3 Planning and Design of Landslide Stabilization Works -- 4 Brief Overview of Shear Strengths -- 5 Shear Strength Measurements -- 5.1 Direct Shear Tests -- 5.2 Triaxial Tests -- 5.3 Direct Simple Shear Tests -- 5.4 Ring Shear Tests -- 5.5 Cyclic Simple Shear Tests -- 5.6 Cyclic Triaxial Tests -- 6 Correlations Methods to Obtain Soil Shear Strengths -- 6.1 Fully Softened Shear Strength -- 6.2 Residual Shear Strength -- 6.3 Undrained Shear Strengths of Over-Consolidated Clays -- 6.4 Cyclic Shear Strength -- 6.5 Post-Cyclic Undrained Shear Strength -- 6.6 Various Other Correlations -- 7 Example of Shear Strength Estimation with Correlation Methods -- 8 Summary and Recommendations -- References -- Rock Avalanches in the Tibetan Plateau of China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geological Setting of the Studied Area -- 3 Distribution of Rock Avalanches in the Study Area -- 3.1 Spatial Distribution of Rock Avalanches in the Himalayan Range, China.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (490 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783031442964
Series Statement:
Progress in Landslide Research and Technology Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=31063546
Language:
English
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