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Rock mass joint set identification at Draa Sfar mine in Morocco through stereographic projection and K-means clustering
Rock mass joint set identification, crucial for geological and geotechnical studies, is often based on stereographic projection. However, the related...
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Rock Mass Joint Sets Identification Through Stereographic Projection and Unsupervised Learning: A Comparative Study
Geological and geotechnical studies have been usually based on experimentation, analytical analysis, graphical representations, and numerical...
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Determining the inclination angles of anchor bolts for sliding and toppling failures: a case study of İzmir, Türkiye
When anchors are installed along or close to discontinuity surfaces in a jointed rock slope, it is very difficult for them to bond to the rock mass....
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Investigation of wedge sliding potential using different methods in two open pit albite mines excavated in gneiss in western Türkiye
The wedge failures in open pit mines are of great importance for bench configuration in jointed rock masses. This study initially determined 14...
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Analytical Solution for Rock Discontinuity Prediction Without Stereonet
Stereographic projection has been used in Rock Engineering for decades to represent rock mass discontinuities in graphical form and to carry out...
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Stereographic Reconstruction of Impact Microstructures using Optical and Electron Microscopy
This study reconstructs the pre-impact orientation of impact-generated µm-sized microstructures. The approach is illustrated using a sample from the...
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Failure evaluation and control factor analysis of slope block instability along traffic corridor in Southeastern Tibet
The instability of slope blocks occurred frequently along traffic corridor in Southeastern Tibet (TCST), which was primarily controlled by the rock...
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Discussion on Key Issues in the Application of Block Theory in Rock Engineering
Block theory, which successfully applies the geometric topology method to the field of rock mass stability analysis, is very suitable for analyzing...
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A weight factor-based backward method for estimating ground stress distribution from the point measurements
Shear stress component often can be much smaller than the normal stress in in-situ stress testing, which will lead to large errors in the inversion...
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New RMRb–CoSMR plot: a graphical tool to interpret the continuous paired dataset of RMRb and CoSMR of adjacent road cut slopes
The basic rock mass rating (RMR b ) and continuous slope mass rating (CoSMR) are globally used preliminary rock slope stability assessment methods. In...
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Exploitation of the ensemble-based machine learning strategies to elevate the precision of CORDEX regional simulations in precipitation projection
Multi-model Ensembles (MMEs) are widely used to reduce uncertainties associated with simulations and projections of GCM/RCM.MMEs combine the results...
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Some considerations on the role of joint spacing in rock slope stability analyses using a 3D discrete element approach
Stability assessment of potential wedge failures in rock slopes is usually carried out based on stereographic projection techniques and limit...
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Point Symmetry
The concept of point group is defined, and the wo-dimensional point groups and three-dimensional groups are presented as the groups of...
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DEM Simulation of the Bridge Collapse under the Impact of Rock Avalanche: A Case Study of the 2020 Yaoheba Rock Avalanche in Southwest China
Mountainous regions present severe risks, including damage to transportation infrastructure, due to the occurrence of geohazards such as rock...
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Context-Dependent Parameter Sensitivities in Rock Slope Stability
AbstractContext-dependent sensitivities of parameters and reliability-based design (RBD) of rock slopes are the subjects of this paper. The...
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Python-Based Open-Source Tool for Automating Seleno-Referencing of Chandrayaan-2 Hyper-Spectral Data Cubes
ISRO’s Imaging InfraRed Spectrometer (IIRS) onboard Chandrayaan-2 is relatively the most advanced spectrometer in the lunar orbit till date. IIRS...
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A new approach for evaluation of slope stability in large open-pit mines: a case study at the Dexing Copper Mine, China
The slope stability has already become one of the most important factors directly related to the safety production and development of a mine, which...
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Analyses of Different Slope Failures along the Road Sections of West Sikkim, India using Rock Mass Classification and Kinematic Analysis Approach
Slope failures along the road sections cause huge problems every year in Sikkim. A slope instability analyses was performed along the road sections...