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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology; 1973; v. 6; issue.1; p. 1-55;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1973.006.01.01
© 1973 Geological Society of London

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The stability of a rock slope containing a wedge resting on two intersecting discontinuities

E. Hoek, J. W. Bray & J. M. Boyd

Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW 7. England.

The problem of the stability of a rock slope containing a three-dimensional wedge resting on two intersecting discontinuities is analyzed by means of engineering graphics, using spherical projections and analytically. The effects of an obliquely inclined upper slope surface, a tension crack behind the slope face, water within the tension crack and on the sliding surfaces and an external force, due for example to a cable anchor, are included in the analysis. Resistance to sliding results from both friction and cohesion on the sliding surfaces.

A worked example, using all three methods, is given.