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Rock Slope Stability.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Littleton : Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (374 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780873353700
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rock Slope StabilityDDC classification:
  • 624.1/5132
LOC classification:
  • TA706 .K553 2018
Online resources:
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 -- Back Cover.
Summary: A comprehensive guide for mining and construction engineers responsible for rock slope stability.
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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 -- Back Cover.

A comprehensive guide for mining and construction engineers responsible for rock slope stability.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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