ROCK SLOPE ENGINEERING CIVIL APPLICATIONS 5ED (PB 2018) Paperback

Rock Slope Engineering provides a comprehensive guide to the investigation, design, excavation, and stabilization of both natural and man-made rock slopes, primarily for civil engineering projects. It covers essential design aspects like structural geology, the shear strength of rock (including weathered rock), and groundwater considerations. The book details slope design methods for various failure types (planar, wedge, circular, and toppling), incorporating seismic design principles and numerical analysis techniques. It also offers practical information on blasting, slope stabilization measures, movement monitoring, and diverse civil engineering applications. This extensively updated fifth edition features new chapters on weathered rock, including its shear strength based on weathering grades, and the seismic design of rock slopes for pseudo-static stability and Newmark displacement analysis. It now includes the application of remote sensing technologies like LiDAR for monitoring slope movement and gathering structural geology data. The chapter on numerical analysis has been revised with a focus on civil engineering applications. This book is intended for professionals in transportation, energy, and industrial development, as well as for undergraduate and graduate students in geological engineering