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Investigation of Rock Slope Failures based on Physical Model Study  

Cho, Tae-Chin (Dept. of Environmental Exploration Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Suk, Jae-Uk (Dept. of Environmental Exploration Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Lee, Sung-Am (Resource & Business Dept., GeoGeny Consultants Group Inc.)
Um, Jeong-Gi (Dept. of Environmental Exploration Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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The Journal of Engineering Geology / v.18, no.4, 2008 , pp. 447-457 More about this Journal
Abstract
Laboratory tests for single plane sliding were conducted using the model rock slope to investigate the cut slope deformability and failure mechanism due to combined effect of engineering characteristics such as angle of sliding plane, water force, joint roughness and infillings. Also the possibility of prediction of slope failure through displacement monitoring was explored. The joint roughness was prepared in forms of saw-tooth type having different roughness specifications. The infillings was maintained between upper and lower roughness plane from zero to 1.2 times of the amplitude of the surface projections. Water force was expressed as the percent filling of tension crack from dry (0%) to full (100%), and constantly increased from 0% at the rate of 0.5%/min and 1%/min upto failure. Total of 50 tests were performed at sliding angles of $30^{\circ}$ and $35^{\circ}$ based on different combinations of joint roughness, infilling thickness and water force increment conditions. For smooth sliding plane, it was found that the linear type of deformability exhibited irrespective of the infilling thickness and water force conditions. For sliding planes having roughness, stepping or exponential types of deformability were predominant under condition that the infilling thickness is lower or higher than asperity height, respectively. These arise from the fact that, once the infilling thickness exceeds asperities, strength and deformability of the sliding plane is controlled by the engineering characteristics of the infilling materials. The results obtained in this study clearly show that the water force at failure was found to increase with increasing joint roughness, and to decrease with increasing filling thickness. It seems possible to estimate failure time using the inverse velocity method for sliding plane having exponential type of deformability. However, it is necessary to estimate failure time by trial and error basis to predict failure of the slope accurately.
Keywords
physical model study; rock slope; monitoring; prediction of failure time;
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