SWedge

Pit sector sloping toward southwest (azimuth 240)

Bench height: 15m
Berm/bench width: 4.5m
Batter angle: 75o
Rock density: 2.5 t/m3

A joint set dips toward 180 at 54o

Friction angle 30o
Cohesion 25 kPa

There is another joint set with the same characteristics as joint set 1 but dipping at an angle
of 60 toward 275.

1. Use SWedge to determine a FoS in dry conditions.

2. If blasting loosened the wedge so that cohesion was zero what would be the factor
of safety?
3. What would be the volume of debris if the structure failed? (assume a bulking factor
of 1.5)