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Probability Methods for Stability Design of Open Pit Rock Slopes: An Overview
Geosciences, 2021 The rock slope stability analysis can be performed using deterministic and probabilistic approaches. The deterministic analysis based on the safety concept factor uses fixed representative values for each input parameter involved without considering the ...
Musah Abdulai, Mostafa Sharifzadeh
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Liquefaction Susceptibility Mapping in West Bengal with emphasis on its Capital City Kolkata under the Impact of a few Great Earthquakes triggered from the Himalaya and Northeast India [PDF]
Journal of Rehabilitation in Civil Engineering, 2022 A host of great historical earthquakes from the Himalayas and Northeast India reportedly triggered liquefaction with the surface manifestation of sand boil, ground subsidence and lateral spreading in West Bengal and its capital city Kolkata located in ...
Sankar Nath +3 more
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Reliability-Based Design of Driven Piles Considering Setup Effects
Applied Sciences, 2021 The total ultimate resistance (or bearing capacity) of driven piles considering setup effects is composed of initial ultimate resistance and setup resistance, and the setup effects of driven piles are mainly reflected by the setup resistance.
Xiaoya Bian +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 Vegetation slope protection plays an important role in improving the slope stability and protecting the environment. In this study, the mechanical properties of root–soil composites in different growth periods and their effects on slope stability were ...
Xinlong Zhou +6 more
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Optimization of horizontal drain dimensions in heterogeneous earth dams using Artificial Neural Network (ANN): A case study on Marvak dam [PDF]
Journal of Applied Research in Water and Wastewater, 2019 It is important to design and optimize the dimensions of the dam drainage system to keep the dam's downstream shell dry and to prevent the increase of pore water pressure in the earth dam body.
Mehdi Komasi +2 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Longwall mining is one of the most widespread methods globally. During the preliminary development of the working, the coal seam is sectioned into panels divided by protective pillars.
Mikhail Eremin +4 more
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Data in Brief, 2019 This data article examines the association between age, knowledge of traffic rules, risk perception, risky and positive behaviors on the road and traffic safety outcomes of cyclists. The data was collected using a structured self-administrable and online-
Sergio A. Useche +3 more
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An Overview of Slope Failure in Mining Operations
Mining, 2022 The primary aim of every twenty-first century mining operation is to extract as much ore as possible in a safe and economical manner. Failure in mine excavation occurs when the shear stress acting on the rock is greater than the shear strength of the ...
Peter Kolapo +5 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Although electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) may gather the internal resistivity information from a landslide area in a large-scale, low-cost, and non-invasive manner compared to point-based sensor monitoring technology, the indirect resistivity ...
Dongxin Bai +5 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 IntroductionPsychosocial work environment has been related to many negative health outcomes in different workforces. However, evidence in this regard is still limited in the case of transport workers, and most of the tools used in research, often ...
Sergio A. Useche +3 more
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