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Rockslide processes and mechanisms: Progressive development of shear/slide surfaces in rock slopes (Phase 2)

Applicant Löw Simon
Number 66877
Funding scheme Project funding
Research institution Geologisches Institut ETH Zürich
Institution of higher education ETH Zurich - ETHZ
Main discipline Other disciplines of Earth Sciences
Start/End 01.06.2002 - 30.09.2005
Approved amount 387'428.00
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Keywords (9)

NATURAL HAZARD; SWISS ALPS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; PREDICTION AND MITIGATION; ROCKSLIDE; FAILURE SURFACE DEVELOPME; NT; NUMERICAL MODELLING

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Publication
Geological, geophysical and geotechnical investigations into the internal structure and kinematics of an unstable, complex sliding mass in crystalline rock
Willenberg Heike, Evans Keith, Eberhardt Erik, Loew Simon, Spillmann Thomas, Maurer Hansruedi (2004), Geological, geophysical and geotechnical investigations into the internal structure and kinematics of an unstable, complex sliding mass in crystalline rock, in Landslide: Evaluation and Stabilization, Rio de Janeiro.
Numerical analysis of initiation and progressive failure in natural rock slopes - the 1991 Randa rockslide
Eberhardt Erik, Stead Doug, Coggan J (2004), Numerical analysis of initiation and progressive failure in natural rock slopes - the 1991 Randa rockslide, in International J of Rock Mech and Min Sci., 41, 69-87.
The Randa Rockslide Laboratory: Establishing brittle and ductile instability mechanisms using numerical modelling and microseismicity
Eberhardt Erik, Spillmann Thomas, Maurer Hansruedi, Willenberg Heike, Loew Simon, Stead Doug (2004), The Randa Rockslide Laboratory: Establishing brittle and ductile instability mechanisms using numerical modelling and microseismicity, in Landslides: Evaluation and Stabilization, Rio de Janero.
Monitoring of complex rock slope instabilities - correction and analysis of inclinometer/extensometer surveys and integration with surface displacement data
Willenberg Heike, Evans Keith, Eberhardt Erik, Loew Simon (2003), Monitoring of complex rock slope instabilities - correction and analysis of inclinometer/extensometer surveys and integration with surface displacement data, in Proceedings, 6th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Oslo.

Associated projects

Number Title Start Funding scheme
59283 Rockslide processes and mechanisms: Progressive development of shear/slide surfaces in rock slopes 01.06.2000 Project funding
112073 Rockslide processes and mechanisms: Progressive development of shear/slide surfaces in rock slopes (Phase III) 01.07.2006 Project funding

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