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In this article, we study numerically the effect of anthropogenic and natural activities such as vehicular motion, blasting, rainfall, seismic activities etc. on time of failure of a rock slope using the rate, state, temperature and pore pressure friction (RSTPF) model proposed by Sinha et al. [6]. The initial creep velocity, gravitational stress and pore pressure are varied to investigate their effects on time of failure of the rock slope. It is observed that time of failure decreases with an increase in creep velocity, gravitational stress and pore pressure. The mechanism for these observations is also elucidated.
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This work is supported by NRDMS-DST (order No. NRDMS//02/43/016(G)) Government of India.
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Sinha, N., Singh, A.K., Vasudeo, A.D. (2022). Effect of Anthropogenic and Natural Activities on a Rock Slope Failure Using Rate, State, Temperature and Pore Pressure Friction. In: Laishram, B., Tawalare, A. (eds) Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering. ACE 2020. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 172. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4396-5_47
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