Rock slope engineering: civil and mining

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Author(s): Duncan C Wyllie,Christopher W Mah,Evert Hoek,NetLibrary, Inc.
Publisher: Spon Press
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 456
City: London ; New York
Tags: Горно-геологическая отрасль;Горное дело;Открытые горные работы;

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
1 Principles of rock slope design......Page 26
2 Structural geology and data interpretation......Page 47
3 Site investigation and geological data collection......Page 71
4 Rock strength properties and their measurement......Page 99
5 Ground water......Page 134
6 Plane failure......Page 154
7 Wedge failure......Page 178
8 Circular failure......Page 201
9 Toppling failure......Page 225
10 Numerical analysis......Page 243
11 Blasting......Page 270
12 Stabilization of rock slopes......Page 301
13 Movement monitoring......Page 345
14 Civil engineering applications......Page 359
15 Mining applications......Page 382
Appendix I Stereonets for hand plotting of structural geology data......Page 402
Appendix II Quantitative description of discontinuities in rock masses......Page 406
Appendix III Comprehensive solution wedge stability......Page 423
Appendix IV Conversion factors......Page 433
References......Page 436
Index......Page 450