Slope Stability Publications Library

Comprehensive introduction to rock mechanics, covering intact rock properties, rock mass classification, stress and deformation, fracture mechanics and discontinuities, with direct implications for slope stability, tunnelling and foundations. Goodman develops the fundamental physics of rock behaviour and links laboratory data…

Systematic treatment of engineering rock mechanics, starting from stress, strain and failure of intact rock and extending to rock mass characterisation, in situ stress measurement and design methods for slopes, tunnels and foundations. Hudson and Harrison integrate analytical, empirical and…

Research-focused monograph that examines rock slope failure mechanisms in complex geological settings, combining laboratory testing, field observation and advanced numerical modelling. Zhang introduces kinematical element and discontinuity kinematical element methods, stochastic karst cave modelling, improved strength reduction and fracture mechanics…

Overview of effective-stress LEM procedures with worked examples.

Practical reference on shear strength of soils and its application to the stability of natural and engineered slopes, embankments and earth dams. Duncan, Wright and Brandon explain drained and undrained strength, effective stress, stress–strain behaviour and selection of design parameters,…

Updated textbook on geotechnical earthquake engineering that covers seismology, strong ground motion, site response and dynamic soil behaviour, leading into seismic design of foundations, retaining structures and slopes. Kramer presents performance-based earthquake engineering concepts, probabilistic hazard assessment and practical procedures…

Comprehensive guide to investigation, design and remediation of civil rock slopes, including cuttings, highway and railway slopes, benches and natural rock faces. Wyllie updates the classic Hoek and Bray text with new material on weathered rock, shear strength in relation…

Specialist reference on rock fall processes, hazard assessment and mitigation measures for transport corridors, infrastructure and slopes. Wyllie describes causes of rock falls, including geology, climate and topography, and presents detailed case histories on rock fall trajectories, impact energies and…

Comprehensive guideline developed under the Large Open Pit (LOP) project that documents the full open pit slope design process from project scoping through operation and closure. Read and Stacey integrate contributions from many authors on geology, rock mass characterisation, hydrology,…

Companion volume to the main LOP guideline that focuses on open pit slope design in weak and weathered rocks such as saprolites, altered volcanics and weak sedimentary sequences. Martin and Stacey present guidance on geological and geotechnical models for weak…