Rock Slope Engineering (MI803 (B))-Mining Engineering (VIII) | RGPV

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• Syllabus

• Syllabus - Rock Slope Engineering (MI803 (B))

• BASIC MECHANICS OF ROCK SLOPE FAILURE

• Introduction to Rock Slope Economics
• Continuum Mechanics Approach to Slope Stability
• Understanding Slope Parameters
• Effect of Water Pressure on Slope Stability
• Factor of Safety of Slopes
• Slope Height vs Slope Angle
• Design of Slopes

• GEOLOGICAL AND ROCK STRENGTH PROPERTIES

• Geological Parameters Affecting Slope Stability
• Graphical Representation of Geological Data
• Plotting and Analysis of Field Measurements
• Physico-Mechanical Properties Affecting Slope Stability
• Shearing on Incline Plane
• Determination of Shear Strength of Rock and Rock Discontinuities
• Ground Water Flow in Rock Masses
• Field Measurement of Permeability
• Measurement of Water Pressure

• PLANE FAILURE

• Plane Failure Analysis
• Graphical Analysis of Stability
• Influence of Ground Water on Stability
• Influence of Tension Crack
• Analysis of Failure on a Rough Plane
• Rock Reinforcement of Slopes

• WEDGE FAILURE AND CIRCULAR FAILURE

• Analysis of Wedge Failure
• Wedge Analysis Including Cohesion and Water Pressure
• Wedge Stability Charts for Friction Only
• Case Studies on Wedge Failure
• Conditions for Circular Failure
• Derivation of Circular Failure Analysis
• Effect of Ground Water on Circular Failure
• Circular Failure Charts
• Bishop’s and Janbu’s Method of Failure Analysis
• Case Studies on Circular Failure

• TOPPING FAILURE

• Types of Topping Failure
• Secondary Toppling Modes
• Analysis of Topping Failure
• Limit Equilibrium Analysis of Toppling Failures
• Influence of Slope Curvature on Stability
• Slope Depressurization
• Protection of Slopes
• Control of Rock Falls
• Measurement and Monitoring and Interpretation of Slope Displacements
• Numerical Problems on Topping Failure
• Rock Slope Failure Monitoring and Slope Stabilization