Rock slope engineering : civil applications

Rock Slope Engineering covers the investigation, design, excavation and remediation of man-made rock cuts and natural slopes, primarily for civil engineering applications. It presents design information on structural geology, shear strength of rock and ground water, including weathered rock. Slope d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Wyllie, Duncan C. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, 2017.
EditionFifth edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781498786287
1498786286
9781523113859
1523113855
131515403X
9781315154039
9781498786294
1498786294
9781498786300
1498786308
9781498786270
1498786278
9781351652773
135165277X
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Half Title ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents ; List of tables ; List of figures ; Introduction to the fifth edition ; Foreword to fifth edition ; Foreword to fourth edition ; Author ; Nomenclature ; Note ; 1. Principles of rock slope design ; 1.1 Introduction.
  • 1.1.1 Scope of book 1.1.2 Socioeconomic consequences of slope failure ; 1.2 Principles of rock slope engineering ; 1.2.1 Structural geology control of stability ; 1.2.2 Slope features and definitions ; 1.3 Standard terms for landslides ; 1.4 Rock slope design methods.
  • 1.4.1 Summary of design methods 1.4.2 Limit equilibrium analysis (deterministic) ; 1.4.3 Sensitivity analysis ; 1.4.4 Risk: Hazard and consequence of instability ; 1.4.5 Probabilistic design methods ; 1.4.6 Load and resistance factor design.
  • 2. Structural geology and data interpretation 2.1 Objectives of geological investigation ; 2.2 Mechanism of joint formation ; 2.3 Effects of discontinuities on slope stability ; 2.4 Orientation of discontinuities ; 2.5 Stereographic analysis of structural geology.
  • 2.5.1 Stereographic projection 2.5.2 Pole plots and contour plots ; 2.5.3 Pole density ; 2.5.4 Great circles ; 2.5.5 Lines of intersection ; 2.6 Identification of modes of slope instability ; 2.6.1 Kinematic analysis ; 2.6.2 Planar failure ; 2.6.3 Wedge failure.