7. Glossary
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Slope
Ground feature with a sloping surface created by clearing or filling.
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Slope
Soil element with a naturally sloping surface.
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Shear zone
Region in which shear deformations occur during ground or slope failure, when the ground is in its limit state.
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Fracture surface (also called sliding surface)
Shear zone or gap in the ground, considered as a surface for simplicity's sake and reduced to a line in the cross-sectional plane studied.
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Bibliography
Software tools
GEO5 v19, distributed by itech 2-8 quai de Bir Hakeim, 94410 Saint-Maurice, France
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Slope/W 2012, GEO-SLOPE International, 1400, 633 – 6 th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2Y5, Canada.
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Websites
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Website of the joint JTC1 technical committee of the three learned societies ISSMGE (soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering), IAEG (engineering geology) and ISRM (rock mechanics) in charge of natural slopes and landslides (page consulted on June 5, 2015).
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Events
International symposia on landslides (see ISSMGE website)
Standards and norms
- Sols. Reconnaissance et essais. Essais à l'appareil triaxial de révolution. Généralités, définitions. - NF P 94-070 - 10.94
- Sols. Reconnaissance et essais. Essai de cisaillement rectiligne à la boîte. Cisaillement direct. - NF P 94-071-1 - 08.94
- Sols. Reconnaissance et essais. Essai de cisaillement rectiligne à la boîte. Cisaillement alterné. - NF P 94-071-2 - 08.94
- Sols. Reconnaissance et essais....
Regulations
Arrêté du 22 octobre 2010 relatif à la classification et aux règles de construction parasismique applicables aux bâtiments de la classe dite " à risque normal " JORF n° 0248 du 24 octobre 2010 page 19097.
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