Application of rock mass classification systems to rock slope stability assessment: A case study

The stability of rock slopes is considered crucial to public safety in highways passing through rock cuts, as well as to personnel and equipment safety in open pit mines. Slope instability and failures occur due to many factors such as adverse slope geometries, geological discontinuities, weak or we...

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Main Authors: Hassan Basahel, Hani Mitri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775517301932