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Semi-automatic identification of rock discontinuity orientation based on 3D point clouds and its engineering application
The rock discontinuity orientation has a significant impact on the engineering stability. This paper proposes a semi-automatic method for identifying the orientation of rock discontinuities based on 3D point c...
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A Three-Dimensional DEM Method for Trajectory Simulations of Rockfall under Irregular-Shaped Slope Surface and Rock Blocks
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Rapid Evaluation of Rock Mass Integrity of Engineering Slopes Using Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning
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Roughness Estimation of Multi-Scale Rock Joints based on SfM & MVS Photogrammetry with A DSLR Camera in Animation Mode
To recreate high-quality three-dimensional (3D) models of rock joints for quantitative roughness characterization more economically, portably, and quickly, it is necessary to assess the feasibility and accurac...
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Comparative analysis of five convolutional neural networks for landslide susceptibility assessment
To evaluate the performance of deep learning methods on the landslide susceptibility map**, five different convolutional neural networks (CNN)—AlexNet, Inception-v3, Xception, ResNet-101, and DenseNet-201—we...
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A Semi-automatic Approach to Quantifying the Geological Strength Index Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning
The geological strength index (GSI) plays an important role in the quality evaluation and stability analysis of rock mass. Traditional methods for quantitatively estimating GSI are often subjective, time-consu...
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An Efficient Approach to Determine the Shear Damage Zones of Rock Joints Using Photogrammetry
Determination of the shear failure zones of rock joints leads to a better understanding of their shear mechanical behavior. In this paper, we present a low-cost approach to determining the shear damage zones o...
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Bulk-Surface Electron Coupling in Weyl Semimetals
The Berry curvature in Weyl semimetal (WSM) induces chiral surface states through Fermi arcs, giving rise to an anomalous intrinsic Hall response. The Weyl semimetals are conducting in the bulk; we study the s...
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Rock Discontinuities Identification from 3D Point Clouds Using Artificial Neural Network
Rock discontinuities fundamentally impact the mechanical and hydraulic behaviors of a rock mass, and thus it is a critically important task to characterize the geometrical parameters of these rock discontinuit...
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Mechanical energy evolution in the propagation of rock avalanches using field survey and numerical simulation
Rock avalanches often cause many casualties and considerable property damage due to hypermobility. To better understand the propagation process of rock avalanches, the mechanical energy evolution was investiga...
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Landslide susceptibility assessment for a transmission line in Gansu Province, China by using a hybrid approach of fractal theory, information value, and random forest models
Landslide is one of the most common geological hazards, which causes a large number of property damage and loss of life in China every year. This case study was a 330-kV transmission line project located in Lo...
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Estimation of the appropriate sampling interval for rock joints roughness using laser scanning
The rock joint roughness greatly affects the mechanical behaviors and permeability characteristics of rock mass. To accurately and effectively estimate the roughness of rock joints, an appropriate sampling int...
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Investigation of the effects of nonstationary features on rock joint roughness using the laser scanning technique
Accurately estimating rock joint roughness is crucial for understanding the shear mechanism and permeability behavior of a rock mass. Several influencing factors, including anisotropy, measurement noise, and t...
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Deposit characteristics of the Jiweishan rapid long-runout landslide based on field investigation and numerical modeling
Rapid long-runout landslides always cause extensive damage to lives and properties, and the deposit characteristics of landslides play an important role in revealing the evolution and transport mechanism. Seve...
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Correction to: A comparison of five methods in landslide susceptibility assessment: a case study from the 330-kV transmission line in Gansu Region, China
In the original publication, the author name Bingbing Zhao was published incorrectly. The correct name should be Binbin Zhao.
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A comparison of five methods in landslide susceptibility assessment: a case study from the 330-kV transmission line in Gansu Region, China
Landslides cause damages to land and infrastructure and pose serious threat to human survival. To prepare a landslide susceptibility map of the region in Longnan, City Gansu Province, with a 330-kV transmissio...
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Estimation of Joint Roughness Coefficient from Three-Dimensional Discontinuity Surface
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Fast Adaptive Support-Weight Stereo Matching Algorithm
Adaptive support-weight (ASW) stereo matching algorithm is widely used in the field of three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction owing to its relatively high matching accuracy. However, since all the weight coeffi...
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Open AccessA Description for Rock Joint Roughness Based on Terrestrial Laser Scanner and Image Analysis
Shear behavior of rock mass greatly depends upon the rock joint roughness which is generally characterized by anisotropy, scale effect and interval effect. A new index enabling to capture all the three feature...
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Investigation of Stability of the Critical Rock Blocks that Initiated the Jiweishan Landslide in China
The objective of the paper is to investigate the initiation of the Jiweishan landslide by simulating the field geological conditions around and inside a selected critical rock block and then to study its stabi...
