EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON ROCK SLOPE STABILITY BY THE USE OF A CENTRIFUGE

A series of physical model experiments with the use of a centrifuge are carried out to make clear the progressive failure process of rock slopes and the influence of discontinuities. The initiation of the progressive failure process, the stable-unstable transition and the limiting equilibrium have been discussed by monitoring the strain on the upper surface of the slope. It is pointed out that the stable-unstable transition may present a designing method of rock slope by the peak strength of the rock mass. The number of the covering abstract of the congress is TRIS no. 385148. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the Fifth International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Melbourne, Australia, 1983, Volume 2, Theme C.
• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000

  Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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  Carlton, Victoria  Australia  3053
• Authors:
  • Sugawara, K
  • Akimoto, M
  • Kaneko, K
  • Okamura, H
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1-4
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Centrifuges; Conferences; Deformation; Failure; Mass; Mathematical models; Measuring instruments; Rock jointing; Rocks; Slope stability; Stresses; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Discontinuity; Models; Rock mass
• ITRD Terms: 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 8525: Conference; 5595: Deformation; 5520: Failure; 4089: Joint (geomorphol); 4154: Rock; 5783: Slope stability; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385189
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 90 6191 237 7
• Report/Paper Numbers: BOOK
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 28 1984 12:00AM