Swedge Analysis

Document Name: Familias 1-4 Actual

Job Title: SWEDGE - Surface Wedge Stability Analysis
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Document Name:
Familias 1-4 Actual

Job Title:
SWEDGE - Surface Wedge Stability Analysis

Analysis Results:

Analysis type=Deterministic
Safety Factor=0
Wedge height(on slope)=57 m
Wedge width(on upper face)=16.7333 m
Wedge volume=2813.1 m3
Wedge weight=5063.59 tonnes
Wedge area (joint1)=1015.01 m2
Wedge area (joint2)=955.85 m2
Wedge area (slope)=571.202 m2
Wedge area (upper face)=148.058 m2
Normal force (joint1)=-5974.39 tonnes
Normal force (joint2)=-2170.13 tonnes
Driving force=0 tonnes
Resisting force=0 tonnes

Water Pressures/Forces:
Average pressure on fissures=9.5 tonnes/m2
Water force on joint1=9642.62 tonnes
Water force on joint2=9080.58 tonnes

Failure Mode:
Contact lost on both joints

Joint Sets 1&2 line of Intersection:

plunge=23.4094 deg, trend=149.066 deg
length=143.469 m

Trace Lengths:
Joint1 on slope face=114.022 m
Joint2 on slope face=128.998 m
Joint1 on upper face=33.4666 m
Joint2 on upper face=20.184 m

Maximum Persistence:
Joint1=143.469 m
Joint2=143.469 m

Intersection Angles:
J1&J2 on slope face = 4.45458 deg
J1&Crest on slope face = 145.516 deg
J1&Crest on upper face = 30 deg
J2&Crest on slope face = 30.0294 deg
J2&Crest on upper face = 124 deg
J1&2 on upper face = 26 deg

Joint Set 1 Data:

dip=70 deg, dip direction=230 deg

 cohesion=3.1 tonnes/m2, friction angle=28.92 deg

Joint Set 2 Data:

dip=37 deg, dip direction=204 deg

cohesion=3.1 tonnes/m2, friction angle=28.92 deg

Slope Data:

dip=62 deg, dip direction=80 deg

slope height=57 meters
bench width=26 meters
rock unit weight=1.8 tonnes/m3
Water pressures in the slope=YES
Overhanging slope face=NO
Externally applied force=NO
Tension crack=NO

Upper Face Data:

dip=0 deg, dip direction=80 deg

Water Pressure Data:

Water unit weight=1 tonnes/m3

Pressure definition method=Filled Fissures

Wedge Vertices:

Coordinates in Easting,Northing,Up Format

1=Joint1, 2=Joint2, 3=Upper Face, 4=Slope
Point 124: 0, 0, 0
Point 134: -46.2, 87.3, 57
Point 234: -49.2, 105, 57
Point 123: -67.7, 113, 57