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Roch Mechanics: CL630a

Maximum Marks: 12.5

Time: 30 Minutes

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Read each question carefully, don't miss any important point! assume any missing ata!
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Question I Draw the expected crack/tailure patterns in the sample diagram as shown below.
Make separate diagram for cach part. (Marks 4.5)

A
A1

a) 1f the sample is subjected to very high

tensile stress along direction 3. compressive stresses in directions 1 and 2: and low
b) If the sample is
subjected to tensile stresses in directions 1,2 and 3.
c) 1f the sample is
subjected to high compressive stress in all the three
principal directions
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Rishikesh - Badrinath highway slope shown belo
Question 2 Aslope(H- 50 m) along carthquake (figure of the site to evalua
KN/m) suffered an carried out for this
rock (unit weight of 25 investigation was tension crack ((of neg
geotechnical one
detailed geological and found that the slope has shown in figure.
properties. It was depth Zw (8 m) as
rock condition and the earthquake.
filled with water up to possibility ofafuture
thickness) of length Z(10 m) considering the most critical mak
decided to evaluate the slope stability was found to be
possibilities, failure plane AB stability, the earthqua
the several considered evaluating the
rigid rock blockABDCpron prone to move/fail.
While
block in magnitude and in the hc
to be 0.4*weight of the moving rigid rock follow Mohr-Coulomb
was assumed can be assumed to
face), Rock
arection (towards the slope
criterion with triaxial test data shown below.
Mohr-Coulomb criterion: T; = C; t o,tan ;

against translational sliding (ignore any rotational fa

Find the stability of the slope defined as the ratio of resisting shear for
Safety (FOS). FOS is
estimating the Factor of plane AB. This proble
to the driving shear force along the
ABCD) along plane AB
considered as plane-strain. (Marks 8)

Tension Crack
D

Slope Face Zw Z=10 m

H= 50 m B

Higbway A 0, =35°