BEHAVIOR OF ROCK IN SLOPES
The behavioral modes to which a rock slope is susceptible are many and complex. This article discusses a long but not exhaustive list of common failure styles, highlighting observable characteristics that distinguish one from another. Slopes in both strong and weak rock masses are considered. Principles are stated to explain how and why different failure modes develop in different rocks. The discussion is illustrated with examples of diverse failure modes in foliated metamorphic rocks developed in the walls of the eroded spillway runout of Pardee Dam, California.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Goodman, R E
- Kieffer, D S
- Publication Date: 2000-8
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 675-684
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Serial:
- Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Volume: 126
- Issue Number: 8
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 1090-0241
- Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Buckling; Dams; Erosion; Failure; Geotechnical engineering; Hazards; Kinematics; Metamorphic rocks; Rock fracture; Rock mechanics; Slope failure; Slopes; Spillways; Stability analysis; Weak rock
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I43: Rock Mechanics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00795803
- Record Type: Publication
- Contract Numbers: CMS-9634193, CMS-9820832, CMS-98-13226
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 31 2000 12:00AM