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Local safety factor applicable to wide range of failure criteria

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  1. S. Okubo

    Present address: Department of Geosystem Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

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  1. Department of Geosystem Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    K. Fukui

  2. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Nishimatsu (Professor Emeritus)

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Okubo, S., Fukui, K. & Nishimatsu, Y. Local safety factor applicable to wide range of failure criteria. Rock Mech Rock Engng 30, 223–227 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01045718

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