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Toppling is a kind of failure mode that commonly exists in anti-dip rock slopes. Toppling deformation has a great influence on the stability of rock slopes, which often leads to geological disasters such as sliding and collapse of anti-dip slopes. However, a large number of faults and other structural planes will be produced in many rock slopes due to the action of geological structure movement. In the investigation, it is found that there are not only toppling deformation, but also faults and other geological structures in the toppling deformation rock slope. Previous studies have calculated the depth of toppling deformation, which is considered from the development characteristics of toppling deformation itself. In this paper, based on the field investigation of the anti-dip rock slope with bedding faults, the relationship between the depth of toppling deformation and the location of faults is analyzed by three-dimensional discrete element method. When the dominant structural plane and toppling fracture surface exist at the same time, the main factors affecting the failure of the reverse dip rock slope can be obtained by determining the different depths of the two planes. The final failure depth and failure mode of the toppling deformation in an anti-dip rock slope with a dominant structural plane can be preliminarily determined.
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Dong, M., Zhang, F., Yu, C. et al. Influence of a Dominant Fault on the Deformation and Failure Mode of Anti-dip Layered Rock Slopes. KSCE J Civ Eng 26, 3430–3439 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-022-1852-0
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