Hazards and Failures

Question 1

What are the 8 types of slope failures

Answer 1

Planar slide, wedge failure, single rotation failure, multiple rotation failure, rock fall, rock topple, block slide, mud flow

Question 2

Why do sedimentary structures typically behave anisotropically

Answer 2

Due to bedding planes which are planes of weakness.

Question 3

what are some examples of ground supports

Answer 3

retaining walls, rock bolts, drainage

Question 4

Give examples of the types of geological failures

Answer 4

settlement, heave, liquefaction, slope stability, bearing capacity, limit state

Question 5

what is bearing capacity failure

Answer 5

A failure that occurs when the soil cannot support the loads applied to it. An example of this would be the collapse of the ground into the cavity below it.

Question 6

What type of failure is a landslide

Answer 6

slope stability failure.

Question 7

What type of failure is a landslide

Answer 7

slope stability failure.