Rock Slope Engineering
Rock Slope Engineering
Rock Slope Engineering
= c +.tan
Shear Stress ()
Friction angle (
Normal Stress
Shear Stress
Cohesion (c)
Normal Stress ()
Self-weight sliding of rock block
R
W.Sin
W.Cos
W
W.Cos
W
Limiting Equilibrium:
W.Sin + V = R = c.A + (W.Cos - U).tan
Effect of water in tension crack
Forces acting on a
planar slide surface
Forces exerted by a
resistant external
element (anchor)
applied to the slope
Types of failure in rock slope
Strength curve for the rock mass and relationship between slope height and angle
(modified from Hoek and Bray, 1981)
Rock Slope Engineering
Plane Sliding
Wedge Sliding
Toppling Failure
Strata toppling,
block toppling
and flexural
toppling
Buckling of vertical
strata with bending
and fracturing of
strata
Rotational type failure
Controlled by geological
structures at top and
possibly shearing through
intact rock at bottom
Rock Slope Engineering
Wedge A and
B will not slide
Wedge C and
D will slide
Planar Rock slope failure
Rock Slope Engineering
Planar wedge
sliding
Sliding along
discontinuities
Numerical modeling in rock slope
Step-path
Combined step-path
and rotational
Numerical modeling in rock slope
Factors of safety ranged from 0.95 to 2.1
Numerical modeling in rock slope
F a tan A B tan B
Example (1)
The procedure for finding the FoS is as follows:
The value of the difference in dip between two planes is calculated: 750-
450=300
From the different charts available, the two chart that correspond to the
value of 300 are selected.
The value of the difference in dip direction between the two planes is
calculated: 2250-1150=1100
On the abscissa axis of Chart a) a line is projected from this value of 1100 to
intersect the line corresponding to the dip of plane A, giving a reading of the
value of parameter A on the ordinate axis of 1.10
The same procedure is applied to plane B on chart b) to obtain 0.45, the value
of parameter B.
Once the values of A and B have been found, the FoS can be calculated with
the friction angle values of the two planes.
Charts for dip difference between planes forming the wedge of 300
Example (2)
Determine the factor of safety against sliding of the block DBC. Assume
block ABD is table
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