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GIS-based kinematic slope instability and slope mass rating (SMR) maps: application to a railway route in Sivas (Turkey)

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The paper discusses the use of kinematic stability and slope mass rating (SMR) maps in GIS based on field studies recording the relationships between the bedding/joint geometry relative to the orientation of the free face. The results indicated the potential for both planar and wedge type failures in many locations along a railway route. Whilst the results showed the procedure to be a useful first assessment of slope stability, it is recommended that the construction of the maps by kinematic slope stability and SMR analysis within the GIS medium should be used in conjunction with more sophisticated slope stability models taking into account of the material strengths, hydrostatic pressures, seepage forces, active forces, passive forces, etc.

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L’article considère l’utilisation de cartes présentant les conditions cinématiques de rupture de pente et un indice SMR de pente, dans un système d’information géographique, cartes établies à partir d’études de terrain comparant les attitudes respectives des pentes et des joints dans une masse rocheuse. Les résultats montrent que des ruptures planes et des ruptures de dièdres sont possibles en plusieurs endroits le long de la voie ferrée étudiée. La procédure est utile pour une première évaluation de la stabilité des pentes, mais il est recommandé que les cartes donnant les conditions cinématiques de rupture de pente et l’indice SMR de pente, dans un SIG, soient utilisées conjointement avec des modèles plus sophistiqués de stabilité des pentes prenant en compte les résistances des matériaux, les pressions hydrostatiques, les forces d’écoulement, les forces motrices, les forces résistantes, etc.

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  1. Department of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cumhuriyet University, 58140, Sivas, Turkey

    Işık Yilmaz, Mustafa Yildirim & Emek Dereli

  2. Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Geological Engineering, VSB, Technical University of Ostrava, 17. Listopadu 15, 70833, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Marian Marschalko

  3. Department Engineering Geology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina, 84215, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

    Martin Bednarik

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Yilmaz, I., Marschalko, M., Yildirim, M. et al. GIS-based kinematic slope instability and slope mass rating (SMR) maps: application to a railway route in Sivas (Turkey). Bull Eng Geol Environ 71, 351–357 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-011-0384-5

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