Assessment of the stability of Rock slopes by the slope stability rating classification system

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-333

  Taheri, Abbas ^b   Tani, Kazuo ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Design chart; GSI; Rock mass classification system; Slope stability rating; SSR

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CASE HISTORY; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CURRENT SLOPE; DESIGN CHARTS; FRACTURED ROCK; GEOLOGICAL STRENGTH INDEX; GSI; JOINTED ROCK MASS; NEW SYSTEM; ROCK MASS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ROCK SLOPE; SSR;

DESIGN; EXCAVATION; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

SLOPE STABILITY;

DESIGN; JOINT; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; IRAN;

EID: 77958093089     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-009-0050-4     Document Type: Article

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