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Case studies on Q-slope method use for slope stability analyses

   | 27 lip 2022

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Figure 1

The Q-slope chart [1].
The Q-slope chart [1].

Figure 2

Drilling at the Kovanlik quarry site.
Drilling at the Kovanlik quarry site.

Figure 3

Shown of drilling locations (D1, D2) on the failed Kovanlik quarry.
Shown of drilling locations (D1, D2) on the failed Kovanlik quarry.

Figure 4

The Kovanlik quarry after the slope instability.
The Kovanlik quarry after the slope instability.

Figure 5

a) Drill cores taken from the Kovanlik quarry and b) investigations of the core samples.
a) Drill cores taken from the Kovanlik quarry and b) investigations of the core samples.

Figure 6

Uniaxial compressive strength testing.
Uniaxial compressive strength testing.

Figure 7

The Gure slope in Giresun city.
The Gure slope in Giresun city.

Figure 8

The Gulyali quarry in Ordu city.
The Gulyali quarry in Ordu city.

Figure 9

The Piraziz slope in Giresun city.
The Piraziz slope in Giresun city.

Ja values [1].

Description Ja
(a) Rock-wall contact (no clay fillings, only coatings)
Tightly healed, hard nonsoftening, impermeable filling, i.e., quartz or epidote 0.75
Unaltered joint walls, surface staining only 1
Slightly altered joint walls. Nonsoftening mineral coatings, sandy particles, clay-free disintegrated rock, etc. 2
Silty- or sandy-clay coatings, small clay disintegrated rock, etc. 3
Softening or low friction clay mineral coatings, i.e., kaolinite or mica. Also chlorite, talc, gypsum, graphite, etc., and small quantities of swelling clays 4
(b) Rock-wall contact after some shearing (thin clay fillings, probable thickness & 1–5 mm)
Sandy particles, clay-free disintegrated rock, etc. 4
Strongly over-consolidated nonsoftening clay mineral fillings 6
Medium or low over-consolidation, softening, clay mineral fillings 8
Swelling-clay fillings, i.e., montmorillonite. Value of Ja depends on percent of swelling clay-size particles and access to water 8–12
(c) No rock-wall contact when sheared (thick clay/crushed rock fillings)
Zones or bands of disintegrated or crushed rock and clay 6–12
Zones or bands of silty or sandy clay, small clay fraction (nonsoftening) 5
Thick, continuous zones or bands of clay 13–20

Q-slope values of the case study slopes.

Slope Q-slope value
Kovanlik 0.58
Gure 0.19
Gulyali 12.25
Piraziz 2.10

SRFa values [1].

Description SRFa
Slight loosening due to surface location, disturbance from blasting or excavation 2.5
*Loose blocks, tension cracks, joint shearing, weathering susceptibility, severe blasting disturbance 5
As above (*), but strong susceptibility to weathering 10
Slope is in advanced stage of erosion and loosening due to erosions by water and/or ice-wedging effects 15
Residual slope with significant transport of material downslope 20

Jwice values [1].

Description Desert environment Wet environment Tropical storms Ice wedging
Stable structure; competent rock 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.9
Stable structure; incompetent rock 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5
Unstable structure; competent rock 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.3
Unstable structure; incompetent rock 0.5 0.3 0.05 0.2

SRFb values [1].

Description σc1 SRFb
Moderate stress-strength range 50–200 2.5–1
High stress-strength range 10–50 5–2.5
Localized intact rock failure 5–10 5–10
Crushing or plastic yield 2.5–5 15–10
Plastic flow of strain softened material 1–2.5 20–15

Jn values [1].

Joint set number description Jn
Massive, no or few joints 0.5–1
One joint set 2
One joint set plus random joints 3
Two joint sets 4
Two joint sets plus random joints 6
Three joint sets 9
Three joint sets plus random joints 12
Four or more joint sets, random, heavily jointed 15
Crushed rock, earthlike 20

Jr values [1].

Description Jr
Discontinuous joints 4
Rough or irregular, undulating 3
Smooth, undulating 2
Slickensided, undulating 1.5
Rough or irregular, planar 1.5
Smooth, planar 1.0
Slickensided, planar 0.5
Zone containing clay thick enough to prevent rock-wall contact 1.0
Sandy, gravely, or crushed zone to prevent rock-wall contact 1.0

SRFc values (RQD100: 1 m perpendicular sample of discontinuity, RQD300: 3 m perpendicular sample of discontinuity) [1].

Description Favorable Unfavorable Very unfavorable Causing failure if unsupported
Major discontinuity with little or no clay 1 2 4 8
Major discontinuity with RQD100 ≈ 0 due to clay and crushed rock 2 4 8 16
Major discontinuity with RQD300 ≈ 0 due to clay and crushed rock 4 8 12 24
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Geosciences, other, Materials Sciences, Composites, Porous Materials, Physics, Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics