The effect of non-persistent joints on sliding direction of rock slopes

Vahab Sarfarazi , Hadi Haeri , Alireza Khaloo

Abstract

In this paper an approach was described for determination of direction of sliding block in rock slopes containing planar non-persistent open joints. For this study, several gypsum blocks containing planar non-persistent open joints with dimensions of 15

Key Words

planar non-persistent discontinuity; rock bridge; effective joint coefficient; tensile and shear cracks

Address

Vahab Sarfarazi:Department of Mining Engineering, Hamedan University of Technology, Hamedan, Iran Hadi Haeri:Department of Mining Engineering, Bafgh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bafgh, Iran Alireza Khaloo: Center of Excellence in Structure and Earthquake Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

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