Toppling failure occurs by tensile stress caused by moment due to weight of rock columns.
Since the geostructural weaknesses (natural microcracks) are very frail against tensile …

The in-situ rock structural weaknesses, referred to herein as geo-structural defects, such as
naturally induced micro-cracks, are extremely responsive to tensile stresses. Flexural …

A deep-seated flexural toppling failure of rock masses is located on the right bank upstream
of the Lancang River, Southwest China. The rock masses unloaded intensely in two …

Flexural toppling failure is one of the most probable instability of rock slopes. If rock slope is
composed of a set of parallel discontinuities dipping steeply against the face slope, the rock …

The stability of slopes during and after excavation is always a significant issue in the field of
rock mechanics. The blocky-flexural toppling failure is one of the most probable types of …

Flexural toppling is a mode of failure that may occur in a wide range of layered rock strata in
both rock slopes and large underground excavations. Whenever rock mass is composed of …

Toppling failure is a common mode of rock slopes instabilities in layered rock strata. Flexural
toppling is one specific type of toppling failure that occurs due to bending stresses. Although …

FLEXURAL TOPPLING FAILURE IN ROCK SLOPES: FROM THEORY TO APPLICATIONS Page
1 Archive of SID IJMGE, University of Tehran, Vol. 45, No. 1, December 2011, PP. 21-32 21 …

According to the results of the physical model tests, the failure plane of an anaclinal layered
rock slope was a linear‐type plane at an angle above the plane normal to the …

According to the deformation properties and geological conditions at field, the factors affect
the toppling deformation of rock mass are analyzed. Contrasted to the real deformation …