<p>The Mw=9.0 Tohoku Earthquake resulted in failures of the two dams impounding Fujinuma Lake, in Fukushima Prefecture. After the event, several mechanisms were postulated regarding the failure modes of the dams. The authors have performed numerical dynamic ...

In this paper an analytical methodology is presented to evaluate rock slope stability under seismic conditions by considering the geomechanical and topographic properties of a slope.