Pit slope manual, supplement 5-1
Subtitle: plane shear analysis
By: G. Major, H. S. Kim, and D. Ross-Brown, editors
Contributors: Major, G.; Kim, H-S.; Ross-Brown, D.
Series: CANMET report -- 77-16
Publisher: Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology = Centre canadien de la technologie des minéraux et de l'énergie
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Ottawa, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Slopes (Soil mechanics); Slopes (Soil mechanics) -- Stability.
Description: ABSTRACT: Graphical methods of analyzing slope instability due to sliding on discontinuities are discussed.  Single plane, two-block plane shear, stepped path and 3-D wedge sliding are examined.
Notes: "Prepared as part of the Pit Slope Project of the Mining Research Laboratories, Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada."

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