Masters Theses

Abstract

"A study of the stability of wall slopes in open pit mines was performed by preparing photoelastic epoxy-resin models representing open pit mines with various slope angles. The models were loaded centrifugally, using the 'locked-in' stress technique. Due to the relatively large sizes of the models, stress distributions could not be recorded with the photographic equipment available. Therefore, fringes and isoclinics were plotted directly on the models themselves. The fringes were used to calculate the shear stress concentrations at arbitrary points in the model from known stresses at control points in the models. The type of slope failure that was possible in each model was deduced from the distribution of the shear stress trajectories. The results of this study agree with those obtained using the standard soil mechanic's techniques"--Abstract, p. ii

Advisor(s)

Rodney D. Caudle

Committee Member(s)

Robert F. Bruzewski
Robert F. Davidson
John B. Heagler, Jr.

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Mining Engineering

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1963

Pagination

viii, 87 pages

Note about bibliography

includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86)

Rights

© 1963 Aly Hemedah Gomah, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 1459

Print OCLC #

5950390

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