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A classification of rock slope failures (from Aydan, 1989).
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In this study, the author outlines rock slope stability issues in Mars through the images provided by Mars Rovers of NASA and investigates the rock slope stability issues with the consideration of the various conditions such as layering, discontinuous nature of rock mass, overhanging, impact, vibrations as well as precarious rock blocks. Rock slope...
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... it is well understood that the circumstances in the past were quite similar to those of Earth and many paleo rock slope failures should be very similar to those observed on Earth. Aydan [8] categorized rock slope failures on Earth as shown in Figure 1. Fundamentally rock slope failures involve three categories, specifically, intact rock or rock mass, discontinuities and intact rock and discontinuities. ...
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... events result in shock waves and vibrations. Figure 10 show several examples of recent impacts and the displaced rock blocks in Mars while Figure 11 shows the slope failures in the vicinity of a small impact crater. Figure 11. ...
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... events result in shock waves and vibrations. Figure 10 show several examples of recent impacts and the displaced rock blocks in Mars while Figure 11 shows the slope failures in the vicinity of a small impact crater. Figure 11. ...
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... 10 show several examples of recent impacts and the displaced rock blocks in Mars while Figure 11 shows the slope failures in the vicinity of a small impact crater. Figure 11. Meteorite impact induced slope movements in the vicinity of a small impact crater. ...
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... rock block displaced on Mars shown in Figure 12(a) is considered and the conditions for its motion are analysed herein. The travel path length was 675 cm and the inclination of the path was almost 23.5 degrees. ...
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... travel path length was 675 cm and the inclination of the path was almost 23.5 degrees. As rocks at the site were inferred to be basaltic, the result of a dynamic friction experiment on a saw-cut discontinuity of basalt from Mt. Fuji [19,20] was utilized (Figure 12(b)). The simple mechanical considerations shown in Figure 13 yielded that the maximum acceleration and velocity to displacement of the rock block as given below: ...
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... rocks at the site were inferred to be basaltic, the result of a dynamic friction experiment on a saw-cut discontinuity of basalt from Mt. Fuji [19,20] was utilized (Figure 12(b)). The simple mechanical considerations shown in Figure 13 yielded that the maximum acceleration and velocity to displacement of the rock block as given below: ...
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... 13. Mechanical model of rock block subjected to gravity and impact forces Figure 12(b), the friction angle of basaltic saw-cut surface from Mt. Fuji is greater than 30 degrees. If these values are used, the conditions to displace the rock block shown Figure 12(a) are estimated to be as: Maximum Acceleration: 42.13 cm/s 2 Maximum Velocity: 238.5 cm/s The magnitude of the earthquake for this maximum ground acceleration value could be estimated to be about 3.8-3.9 ...
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... model of rock block subjected to gravity and impact forces Figure 12(b), the friction angle of basaltic saw-cut surface from Mt. Fuji is greater than 30 degrees. If these values are used, the conditions to displace the rock block shown Figure 12(a) are estimated to be as: Maximum Acceleration: 42.13 cm/s 2 Maximum Velocity: 238.5 cm/s The magnitude of the earthquake for this maximum ground acceleration value could be estimated to be about 3.8-3.9 using some empirical relations developed for earthquakes on Earth [21]. ...
