Mechanism of failure and slope development in rock masses

Auteurs :
KIMBER, O.G.
ALLISON, R.J.
COX, N.J.

Description :
This paper examines the mechanisms of failure in jointed rock slopes. The Universal Distinct Element Code (UDEC) has been employed in this study to examine associations between rock-mass geotechnical properties, the processes operating at and close to the surface of the Earth, slope morphology and development. Particular attention has been paid to the control of the geometrical distribution of discontinuities in a rock mass and the factors that delimit particular types of failure, such as topples and slides. After a theoretical modelling exercise, real-world rock slopes were studied from the Portland Limestone outcrop of the Isle of Purbeck, England.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Transactions - Institute of British Geographers (1965), issn : 0020-2754, 1998, vol. 23, n°. 3, p. 353-370, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
1998

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Institute of British Geographers