Computer modeling of catch benches to mitigate rockfall hazards in open pit mines / Компьютерное моделирование улавливающих стендов для снижения опасности камнепадов в открытых горных выработках

A computer analysis of bench stability has been developed to account for multiple occurrences of potential slope-failure modes in discontinuous rock masses. Bench-scale plane shears and tetrahedral wedges are simulated and stochastically analyzed to estimate the probability of retaining specified catch-bench widths. This geotechnical information is useful in designing bench configurations to improve pit-slope stability and help alleviate rockfall
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