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Hoek and Bray (1981) gave an analytical approach for plane failure analysis for rock slopes that is limited to those slopes in which the upper slope surface is horizontal and the tension crack is vertical. An analysis is presented here which can take these factors into account. It is found that varying the angle of the upper slope from 0° to 30° causes a significant reduction in the factor of safety. Varying the tension crack from vertical to 70° only has an effect when the upper slope angle is less than 20°.
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Hoek, E. and Bray, J. (1981) Rock Slope Engineering, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London.
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Sharma, S., Raghuvanshi, T.K. & Anbalagan, R. Plane failure analysis of rock slopes. Geotech Geol Eng 13, 105–111 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00421876
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00421876