Estimation of rock mass permeability using variation in hydraulic conductivity with depth: experiences in hard rocks of western Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 1663-1671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Piscopo ◽  
Antonella Baiocchi ◽  
Francesca Lotti ◽  
Emre A. Ayan ◽  
Alper R. Biler ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2627-2635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Feng ◽  
B. Li ◽  
Y. P. Yin ◽  
K. He

Abstract. Calcareous mountainous areas are highly prone to geohazards, and rockslides play an important role in cliff retreat. This study presents three examples of failures of limestone cliffs with subhorizontal bedding in the southwestern calcareous area of China. Field observations and numerical modeling of Yudong Escarpment, Zengzi Cliff, and Wangxia Cliff showed that pre-existing vertical joints passing through thick limestone and the alternation of competent and incompetent layers are the most significant features for rockslides. A "hard-on-soft" cliff made of hard rocks superimposed on soft rocks is prone to rock slump, characterized by shearing through the underlying weak strata along a curved surface and backward tilting. When a slope contains weak interlayers rather than a soft basal, a rock collapse could occur from the compression fracture and tensile split of the rock mass near the interfaces. A rockslide might shear through a hard rock mass if no discontinuities are exposed in the cliff slope, and sliding may occur along a moderately inclined rupture plane. The "toe breakout" mechanism mainly depends on the strength characteristics of the rock mass.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 30-32
Author(s):  
Norov Yunus Dzhumaevich ◽  
Mehmonov Maksud Rabbonokul ugli

The article presents a developed mathematical model for calculating the granulometric composition of the blasted rock mass based on the mechanism of action of an explosion in rocks, a mathematical description of the determination of natural units (blocks) in the rock mass, the relationship between the degree of rock fragmentation and the size of the units and the definition of sections of the controlled pressure zone.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 4299-4330
Author(s):  
Z. Feng ◽  
B. Li ◽  
Y. P. Yin ◽  
K. He

Abstract. Calcareous mountainous areas are highly prone to geohazards, and rockslides play an important role in cliff retreat. This study presents three examples of failures of limestone cliffs with sub-horizontal bedding in the southwestern calcareous area of China. Field observations and numerical modeling of Yudong Escarpment, Zengzi Cliff, and Wangxia Cliff showed that pre-existing vertical joints passing through thick limestone and the alternation of competent and incompetent layers are the most significant features for rockslides. A "hard on soft" cliff made of hard rocks superimposed of soft rocks is prone to rock slump, characterized by shearing through the underlying weak strata along a curved surface and backward tilting. When a slope contains weak interlayers rather than a soft basal layers, a rock collapse could occur from the compression fracture and tensile split of the rock mass near the interfaces. A rock slide might shear through a hard rock mass if no discontinuities are exposed in the cliff slope, and sliding may occur along a moderately inclined rupture plane. The "toe breakout" mechanism mainly depends on the strength characteristics of the rock mass.


2019 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 00003
Author(s):  
Kateryna Babii ◽  
Oleksandr Ikol ◽  
Yevhenii Malieiev

A technique to process rock mass from hard-rock technogenic media has been developed; it is aimed at recovery of mineral losses, restoration of the environment at the territory of mining enterprises by means of rock mass extraction, its processing and redistribution for the purposes of land recultivation and landscape restoration. Classification of dry ore-containing hard rocks of dumps has been developed; that has made it possible to improve technological scheme of the processing of rock mass from technogenic media, emphasize its variants of use, and specify the required facilities and their productivity. Scientific value of the paper is in determining the effect of changes in the losses in pre-processing dry wastes upon the yield of industrial product and wastes; the effect has demonstrated that the yield of industrial product is in polynomial dependence upon the pre-processing losses while yield of tailings is in the power dependence. Practical implications of the paper are in the fact that the proposed method helps form mesorelief with the properties close to the natural one. The method involves restoration of the initial landscape with the help of opening hard rocks followed, completed by laying water-bearing and potentially fertile layers.


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