Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 74 views

    Rock Slope Wedge Failure: Stability Problems in Rock Engineering

    Uploaded by

    Eric Chan
    This document describes using the computer program SWEDGE to analyze wedge failures in rock slopes. It provides details on joint orientations, material properties, and the failure mechanism analyzed. Questions are posed to use SWEDGE to calculate wedge stability and factor of safety under different conditions, including varying slope height, removing cohesion, and including water-filled joints. References for the SWEDGE software are also provided.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Rock Slope Wedge Failure: Stability Problems in Rock Engineering

    Uploaded by

    Eric Chan
    74 views3 pages
    This document describes using the computer program SWEDGE to analyze wedge failures in rock slopes. It provides details on joint orientations, material properties, and the failure mechanism analyzed. Questions are posed to use SWEDGE to calculate wedge stability and factor of safety under different conditions, including varying slope height, removing cohesion, and including water-filled joints. References for the SWEDGE software are also provided.

    Original Description:

    Example Wedge

    Original Title

    Example_WEDGE-1

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document describes using the computer program SWEDGE to analyze wedge failures in rock slopes. It provides details on joint orientations, material properties, and the failure mechanism analyzed. Questions are posed to use SWEDGE to calculate wedge stability and factor of safety under different conditions, including varying slope height, removing cohesion, and including water-filled joints. References for the SWEDGE software are also provided.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    74 views3 pages

    Rock Slope Wedge Failure: Stability Problems in Rock Engineering

    Uploaded by

    Eric Chan
    This document describes using the computer program SWEDGE to analyze wedge failures in rock slopes. It provides details on joint orientations, material properties, and the failure mechanism analyzed. Questions are posed to use SWEDGE to calculate wedge stability and factor of safety under different conditions, including varying slope height, removing cohesion, and including water-filled joints. References for the SWEDGE software are also provided.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 3

    Stability problems in rock engineering

    220.019, 2015W, SE

    Rock Slope Wedge Failure


    Typical wedge failure involving sliding on two persistent joints with line of intersection of joints
    daylighting at toe of rock face, and an upper plane that formed a tension crack.

    Problem statement:
    Computer aided analysis of wedge stability by means of the computer code SWEDGE
    (Rocsience).

    Figure. 1: Dimensions and surfaces defining size and shape of wedge.

    Density ρ = 2700 kg/m³

    Table 1: Failure planes


    Plane Dip direction [°] Dip [°] φ [°] c [kN/m²]
    1 – Joint set 1 65-95 50-80 38 30
    2 – Joint set 2 340-355 40-70 38 2
    5 – Tension crack No tension crack is considered in this example

    Table 2: Free surfaces


    Plane Dip direction [°] Dip [°]
    3 – Upper ground surface 356 0
    4 – Slope face 356 65

    Wedge failure Alexander PREH & Morteza AHMADABADI 1/3


    www.ig.tuwien.ac.at, alexander.preh@tuwien.ac.at
    Stability problems in rock engineering
    220.019, 2015W, SE

    Figure 2: Failure mechanism – SWEDGE

    Figure 3: Limit equilibrium solution for wedge failure under dry conditions and with frictional
    strength only (after Hudson & Harrison 1977)

    Wedge failure Alexander PREH & Morteza AHMADABADI 2/3


    www.ig.tuwien.ac.at, alexander.preh@tuwien.ac.at
    Stability problems in rock engineering
    220.019, 2015W, SE

    Questions:

    Analyze the following stability conditions for a slope height of H1=40m and H1=80m.

    1- Calculate the probability of failure and the mean factor of safety for the joint set given in
    table 1 and 2.
    2- Determine the factor of safety and the probability of failure if the cohesion were to be
    reduced to zero (friction-only calculation)
    3- Verify the results of (2) using the solution after Hudson & Harrison (figure 3)
    4- Presume that 50% of joints are filled with water for case (1) and (2)
    It’s recommended to use the probabilistic feature of SWEDGE to solve the problem!

    The program SWEDGE is available in the IT-room for civil engineering students:
    Ort: Stiege 7 direkt unter HS 8

    Mo-Do 10 - 17h
    Fr 10 - 16h

    References:

    1. Rocscience, SWEDGE—3D surface wedge analysis for slopes (version 5.0). Rocscience
    Inc., Toronto, 2011.

    Wedge failure Alexander PREH & Morteza AHMADABADI 3/3


    www.ig.tuwien.ac.at, alexander.preh@tuwien.ac.at

    You might also like