The Finite Difference Method Applied to Slope Stability
Luis Mensah
Corresponding
Nanyang Technological University
Mustafa Islam
Politecnico di Milano
Abstract
This paper addresses slope stability, an issue of considerable importance to the planning of distributed computing environments. The technique is verified by applying the finite difference method to a set of benchmark problems. The proposed method reduces the error by about 58% compared with the conventional approach. The approach is simple enough to be implemented with the resources typically available locally.
Keywords:
slope stabilitythe finite difference methodwireless sensor networkssoil liquefactionoptimisation
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