Rock slope stability

✍ Scribed by Charles A. Kliche

• Publisher: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 374
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
CHAPTER 1: BASIC CONCEPTS
Slope Stability as an Engineering Issue
Terminology
Slope Failure Causes and Processes
General Modes of Slope Failure in Rock Masses
Mechanical Approaches to Stability Analysis
CHAPTER 2: ROCK MASS PROPERTIES
Engineering Properties of Discontinuities
Shear Strength of Discontinuities
Geologic Data Collection
Hemispherical Projection Techniques
Engineering Rock Mass Classification Schemes
CHAPTER 3: GROUNDWATER
Groundwater Flow Within Rock Masses
Influence of Groundwater on Slope Stability
Evaluation of Groundwater Conditions in Slopes
Slope Dewatering
Cone of Depression
CHAPTER 4: THE ROCKFALL HAZARD RATING SYSTEM
Significance of the Rockfall Problem
Origins of the Rockfall Hazard Rating System
Overview
Slope Survey and Preliminary Rating
Detailed Rating Phase
CHAPTER 5: KINEMATIC SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS
Markland Test for Plane Shear Failure
Markland Test for Toppling Failure
Computer-Aided Kinematic Analysis
Friction Cone Concept
CHAPTER 6: KINETIC SLOPE STABILITY: ANALYSIS OF SHEAR FAILURE—PLANE SHEAR AND ROTATIONAL SHEAR
Plane Shear
Rotational Shear
CHAPTER 7: KINETIC SLOPE STABILITY: ANALYSIS OF TOPPLING FAILURE
General Model for Toppling Failure
Limiting Equilibrium Analysis of Toppling on a Stepped Base
Example: Toppling Failure
CHAPTER 8: KINETIC SLOPE STABILITY: ANALYSIS OF WEDGE FAILURE
Wedge Geometry
Factor-of-Safety Determination
Other Considerations
CHAPTER 9: ROCK SLOPE STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES
Grading
Controlled Blasting (Overbreak Control)
Mechanical Stabilization
Structural Stabilization
Vegetative Stabilization
Water Control
CHAPTER 10: GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND MONITORING
Instrumentation to Measure Rock Deformation
Monitoring
Glossary
Index
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