Slope and Rock Wall Stability

Type of study	BachelorFollow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	542-0710/07
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

1. Introduction to the subject - main terminology
2. clasification of slope movements
3. IG surveys of landslides
4. Factor of stability (safety) and factors which influence stability of slopes.
5. Methods for assesment of stability factor - soils - analytical methods
6. Methods for assesment of stability factor - soils - grafoanalytic methods
7. Methods for assesment of stability factor - rock slopes
8. Geotechnical monitoring
9. Stabilization of slopes.
10. Methods of mathematical modeling - softwares
11. Czech legislation associated to slope stability
12 GEOFOND CR
13. 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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