ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: The proposed paper is aimed at analysing a rock slope failure that
occurred in a sector of an open pit quarry. The failed rock volume was not large, it had a …

This paper presents the results of centrifuge tests that were aimed at validating the
Goodman-Bray method for rock slope toppling analysis. The Goodman-Bray method was …

This paper presents a rock mechanics design methodology applicable to steeply dipping
orebodies typical of many underground hardrock mines. The first stage in the design …

Flexural toppling is a mode of slope failure involving the overturning of interacting rock
columns formed by a single set of discontinuities which strike more or less parallel to the …

Block-flexure is the commonest mode of toppling failure and can be frequently encountered
in anti-inclined rock slopes. In this work, the failure mechanism of block–flexure toppling …

Open pit excavation induces rock mass damage as a result of stress release and blasting.
The damage reduces the rock mass strength and stiffness. The strength reduction is typically …

In layered and blocky rock slopes, toppling failure is a common mode of instability that may
occur in mining engineering. If this type of slope failure occurs as a consequence of another …

This paper presents an implementation of a comprehensive engineering approach to the
analysis of the stability of vertical excavations in rock. This approach relies in the generation …

Block-flexure toppling failure is a widespread issue in natural and excavated rock slopes.
The aim of this paper was to elucidate the failure mechanism of block-flexure toppling failure …