Terminated in academic year 2015/2016

Slope and Rock Wall Stability

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	542-0710/04
Abbreviation	SSSS
Course title	Slope and Rock Wall Stability
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jindřich Šancer, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to the subject
2. methods of in situ measurement of geotechnical properties of rocks and soils
3. clasification of landslides
4. IG surveys of landslides
5. Stability factor of slopes.
6. Methods of assesment of stability factor - soils - analytical methods
7. Methods of assesment of stability factor - soils - grafoanalytic methods
8. Methods of assesment of stability factor - rock slopes
9. Geotechnical monitoring
10. Stabilization of slopes.
11. Methods of mathematical modeling - softwares
12. Czech legislation
13 GEOFOND CR
14. practical excursion

Literature

Wyllie, D. C., Mach, Ch.W.:Rock Slope Engineering, Civil and Mining. 4th Edition. Taylor and Francis E-Library,2005, .
Walton, G. ae al. (2004): Secure and Sustainable Final Slopes for SME Aggregate Quarries. Evenlode Books, Oxford, March 2004, .

Advised literature

N. Lu, J.W. Godt: Hillslope Hydrology and Stability. Cambridge, February 2013. ISBN 9781107021068

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