Guidelines for open pit slope design

J Read, P Stacey - 2009 - ebooks.publish.csiro.au
Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design is a comprehensive account of the open pit slope
design process. Created as an outcome of the Large Open Pit (LOP) project, an international …

Stability and characterisation of spoil heaps in European surface lignite mines: a state-of-the-art review in light of new data

MS Masoudian, IE Zevgolis, AV Deliveris… - Environmental Earth …, 2019 - Springer
The large amount of spoil material produced during the mining process imposes a
significant economic and environmental liability on lignite producers. In this context, the …

Exploration into the causes of uncertainty in UDEC grain boundary models

JM Mayer, D Stead - Computers and Geotechnics, 2017 - Elsevier
Considerable research has recently been undertaken to investigate the simulation of brittle
fracture mechanisms using distinct element grain boundary models. However, to date, few …

NURBS surface-altering optimization for identifying critical slip surfaces in 3D slopes

T Ma, R Mafi, B Cami, S Javankhoshdel… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The evaluation of slope stability of a three-dimensional slope requires identifying the critical
slip surface with the minimum factor of safety, which is a complex optimization problem …

New insights into the 1963 Vajont slide using 2D and 3D distinct-element method analyses

CW Boon, GT Houlsby, S Utili - Geotechnique, 2014 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The 1963 Vajont rock slide is studied using the distinct-element method (DEM). Two-
dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) DEM models were constructed based on …

[KİTAP][B] Guidelines for open pit slope design in weak rocks

D Martin, P Stacey - 2018 - books.google.com
Weak rocks encountered in open pit mines cover a wide variety of materials, with properties
ranging between soil and rock. As such, they can provide a significant challenge for the …

Calculating the cohesion and internal friction angle of volcanic rocks and rock masses

MC Villeneuve, MJ Heap - Volcanica, 2021 - jvolcanica.org
Rock failure criteria are key input parameters for models designed to better understand the
stability of volcanic rock masses. Cohesion and friction angle are the two defining material …

Modeling the progressive failure of jointed rock slope using fracture mechanics and the strength reduction method

K Zhang, P Cao, J Meng, K Li, W Fan - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2015 - Springer
The fracturing process during the progressive failure of a jointed rock slope is numerically
investigated by using fracture mechanics and the strength reduction method (SRM). A …

Hydrothermally induced edifice destabilisation: the mechanical behaviour of rock mass surrounding a shallow intrusion in andesitic lavas, Pinnacle Ridge, Ruapehu …

SP Mordensky, MC Villeneuve, BM Kennedy… - Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Volcanic edifices are composed of an assortment of materials with varying mechanical
behaviours. The range in mechanical behaviours of these rock materials presents a critical …

An investigation into the development of toppling at the edge of fractured rock plateaux using a numerical modelling approach

MC Spreafico, F Cervi, M Francioni, D Stead, L Borgatti - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
The mechanisms controlling the onset of minor slope instability at the edges of rocky
plateaux exhibiting lateral spreading phenomena are yet to be fully understood. Hypotheses …