We reviewcommonlyobservedfailuremechanismsassociatedwithfootwallslopes,andexaminethe basicconceptsunderlyingthelimitequilibriumapproachassessingfootwallslopestability.Thefailure mechanismsdescribedarethose,wherefailurefollowspre-existingjointsoroccursinintactrock, namely,fullyandpartiallyjoint-controlledbilinearandploughingslabfailures.Numericalmodels implementedusingUDECillustratethecode’spotentialforanalysingthesefailuremechanisms. Physicalmodelsrepresentingthestudiedinstabilitymechanismswerestudiedinatilt-testset-upin the laboratory,withtheempiricalresultscomparingfairlywellwiththetheoreticalapproaches.
Stability of wall slopes: limit equilibrium, numerical andphysical models / L. R., Alejano; Ferrero, Anna Maria; P., Ramírez Oyanguren; M. I., Álvarez Fernández. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES. - ISSN 1365-1609. - 48:(2011), pp. 16-26. [10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.06.013]
Stability of wall slopes: limit equilibrium, numerical andphysical models
FERRERO, Anna Maria;
2011-01-01
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We reviewcommonlyobservedfailuremechanismsassociatedwithfootwallslopes,andexaminethe basicconceptsunderlyingthelimitequilibriumapproachassessingfootwallslopestability.Thefailure mechanismsdescribedarethose,wherefailurefollowspre-existingjointsoroccursinintactrock, namely,fullyandpartiallyjoint-controlledbilinearandploughingslabfailures.Numericalmodels implementedusingUDECillustratethecode’spotentialforanalysingthesefailuremechanisms. Physicalmodelsrepresentingthestudiedinstabilitymechanismswerestudiedinatilt-testset-upin the laboratory,withtheempiricalresultscomparingfairlywellwiththetheoreticalapproaches.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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