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    HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC

    Department of Civil & Structural Engineering

    MSc - Tutorial 1 (2009/2010) Rock Engineering


    Stereographic projection and its application

    1 (a) Plot a line. The plunge of the line is N210°/30°. Plot another line. The plunge
    of the line is N100°/70°. Determine the angle between the two lines and the
    orientation of a plane determined by these two lines.
    (b) Plot a plane. The dip directions and dip angles of the plane is N070°/60°. Plot
    another plane. The dip directions and dip angles of the plane is N300°/55°.
    Determine the orientation and angle of the intersection of the two planes

    2 Plot two planes of N150°/45° and N220°/60° using the polar net and determine the
    orientation and angle of the intersection of the two planes.

    3 Use the counting net to determine the joint sets of the Fig. 1.

    4 The following data were mapped on slope. Use the polar net to plot the joints. Use the
    contour net to analysis the overall orientation of joint sets.

    Dip Direction Dip Angle No. of joints


    N090° 88° 13
    N105° 80° 14
    N185° 38° 6
    N160° 40° 7

    5 The slope orientation is N275˚/80. Three joint sets of N300˚/60˚, N175˚/20˚ and
    N090˚/85˚ are found on the slope face with the friction angle of the joints of 35˚.
    (a) Use the great circle method to analysis the slope. Does plane, wedge or
    toppling failure will occur?
    (b) To prevent instability problems from arising, what orientation or angle of
    slope would recommend.

    6 The slope orientation is N160˚/85. The friction angle of the joints sets of Q4 are 30˚.
    (a) Use the polar method to analysis the slope. Does plane, wedge or toppling
    failure will occur?
    (b) To prevent instability problems from arising, what orientation or angle of
    slope would recommend.
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    1. (a)

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    From the stereographic projection on Equal-Angle Stereographic Net, it is found that the angle between two lines,
    N210/30 and N100/70, is 68.5. The orientation of common plane is N130.4/72.6.

    (b)

    From the stereographic projection on Equal-Angle Stereographic Net, it is found that the orientation and angle of the
    intersection of the two planes, N070/60 and N300/55, is N2.4/33.5.

    2.

    From the Polar Net, it is found that the orientation and angle of the intersection of the two planes, N150/45 and
    N220/60, is N164.1/44.1.

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    3. Contours obtained by computer program:

    Contours obtained by hand sketch:

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    4. Contours obtained by computer program:

    5. Assume:
    Joint set D1: N300/60
    Joint set D2: N175/20
    Joint set D3: N090/85

    (a) By the great circle method as shown in the


    Figure, all intersection vectors, I12, I13 and I23,
    fall out of the unstable zone, wedge failure is
    not possible. All dip vectors, D1, D2 and D3,
    fall out of the plane failure zone, plane failure is
    not possible. The pole of joint set D3, N3, falls
    within the toppling zone, so only toppling is
    possible.

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    (b) As the angle difference between pole N3 and
    boundary of toppling zone is 5, the pole N3
    must fall out of the toppling zone by
    reorientation of the slope by 5 clockwise in
    order to stabilize the slope. The new slope
    becomes N280/80 and all dip vectors,
    intersection vectors and poles of joint sets fall
    out of unstable zones as shown in the Figure.

    6. Assume:
    Joint set D1: N090/88
    Joint set D2: N105/80
    Joint set D3: N160/40
    Joint set D4: N185/38

    (a) By the polar method as shown in Figure, the


    dip vector of joint set D3 falls within the plane
    failure zone and all intersection vectors I12,
    I13, I14, I23, I24 and I34 fall within the
    unstable zone. Plane failure and wedge
    failure are possible.
    Since none of poles falls within the toppling
    zone, toppling is not possible.

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    (b) Either rotating the slope about 99 counterclockwise or rotating the slope about 150 clockwise, all poles and
    intersections are well out of all unstable zones as shown in below Figures. The new slope becomes either N061/85
    or N310/85.

    Rotating the slope about 99 counterclockwise Rotating the slope about 150 clockwise

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