GEOTEKNIK TAMBANG

WEDGE FAILURE ANALYSIS

TUGAS III

RICKHARDO WAHYU KASIM

NIM: D111 17 1014

DEPARTEMEN TEKNIK PERTAMBANGAN

FAKULTAS TEKNIK

UNIVERSITAS HASANUDDIN

MAKASSAR

2020
Question:

Assumingthat a wedge failure is the most likely type ofthe slope instability,

determine the factor of safety byusing the stereoplot and carrying out the calculation

Theparameters shown in the following table:

Plane Dip Dip Direction Properties

A 45 105 ∅𝐴 = 20°, 𝐶 = 24 𝑘𝑃𝑎

B 70 235 ∅𝐵 = 30°, 𝐶 = 48 𝑘𝑃𝑎

Slope Face 65 185

Upper Surface 12 195

Thetotal height of the wedge 𝐻 is 40 𝑚, the unitweight of the rock is 25 𝑘𝑁 /

𝑚 and the unit weight ofthe water 9 81 𝑘𝑁 /𝑚 .

Answer:

A. The stereonet made by using visible geology application.

Website: https://app.visiblegeology.com/stereonetApp.html
B. With using this plane method:
C. Then:

1. 𝜃 . = 124 − 23 = 101° 5. 𝜃 = 74 − 9 = 65

2. 𝜃 . = 89 − 29 = 60° 6. 𝜃 = 48 − 17 = 31

3. 𝜃 . = 100 − 50 = 50° 7. 𝜃 = 34 − 9 = 25

4. 𝜃 = 79 − 17 = 62

And

1. 𝜓 = 45° 3. 𝜓 = 32°

2. 𝜓 = 70°

D. Then,the equation for safety of factor is:

3 𝛾 𝛾
𝐹𝑆 = (𝐶 𝑋 + 𝐶 𝑌) + 𝐴 − 𝑋 tan ∅ + 𝐵 − 𝑌 tan ∅
𝛾𝐻 2𝛾 2𝛾

( )
1) 𝐴 = ( )
.
.

( )
2) 𝐵 = ( )
.
.

3) 𝑋=(
. )

4) 𝑌=(
. )

E. The results for A, B, X and Y:

( . )
1) 𝐴= ( . )

(cos 45° − cos 70° cos 101°)

=
(sin 31° sin 101°)

0.707 − 0.342(−0.191)
𝐴=
(0.518 (0.964))

=1.548
 ( . ) (cos 70° − cos 45° cos 101°)
2) 𝐵= =
( . ) (sin 31° sin2 101°)

0.342 − 0.707(−0.191)
𝐵=
(0.518 (0.964))

𝐵 = 0.956

sin 𝜃 sin 𝜃
𝑋= 𝑌=
(sin 𝜃 cos 𝜃 . ) (sin 𝜃 cos 𝜃 . )

sin 65° sin 62°

𝑋= 𝑌=
(sin 25° cos 25°) (sin 31° cos 60°)

0.906 0.883
𝑋= 𝑌=
(0.423 × 0.643) (0.515 × 0.5)

𝑋 = 3.336 𝑌 = 3.429

F. The results for safety of factor:

3 𝛾 𝛾
𝐹𝑆 = (𝐶 𝑋 + 𝐶 𝑌) + 𝐴 − 𝑋 tan ∅ + 𝐵 − 𝑌 tan ∅
𝛾𝐻 2𝛾 2𝛾

3 9.81
𝐹𝑆 = (24 × 3.336) + (48 × 3.429) + 1.548 − × 3.336 tan 20°
25 × 40 2 × 25

9.81
𝐹𝑆 = + 0.956 − × 3.429 tan 30°
2 × 25

𝐹𝑆 = 0.734 + 0.325 + 0.16

𝐹𝑆 = 1.219