"Based on Rock Slope Engineering (third edition, 1981) by Dr. Evert Hoek and Dr. John Bray."
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INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-424) and index.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Foreword; Notation; Note; Principles of rock slope design; Structural geology and data interpretation; Site investigation and geological data collection; Rock strength properties and their measurement; Ground water; Plane failure; Wedge failure; Circular failure; Toppling failure; Numerical analysis; Blasting; Stabilization of rock slopes; Movement monitoring; Civil engineering applications; Mining applications; Stereonets for hand plotting of structural geology data; Quantitative description of discontinuities in rock masses