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Tilt test (geotechnical engineering)

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17: 40:. Two pieces of rock containing a discontinuity are held in hand or mounted in test equipment with the discontinuity horizontal. The sample is slowly tilted until the top block moves. The angle with the horizontal at onset of movement is called the 47:
The size of the specimen is limited to 10–20 cm for hand-held tests, while machine-operated tilt test equipment may handle up to meter-sized samples. In the field, the angle can be determined most easily with an
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do not break, and the walls of the discontinuity are completely fitting at the start of the test, while if the walls of the discontinuity are completely non-fitting, the
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Barton, N.R. (5–6 March 2008). "Shear Strength of Rockfill, Interfaces and Rock Joints, and their Points of Contact in Rock Dump Design". In Fourie, A. (ed.).
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Phien-wej, N.; Shrestha, U.B.; Rantucci, G. (1990). "Effect of infill thickness on shear behaviour of rock joints". In Barton, N.R.; Stephansson, O. (eds.).
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Xian-Qin, H.; Cruden, D.M. (1992). "A portable tilting table for on-site tests of the friction angles of discontinuities in rock masses".
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represents a combination of the (apparent or real) cohesion and the friction along the discontinuity. If infill material is present, the
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is governed partially or completely by the infill, depending on the thickness of the infill and height of asperities.
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Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology
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equals the friction of the material of the discontinuity walls (
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shear strength
discontinuity
inclinometer
geological or structural compasses
discontinuity
asperities
Direct shear test
Triaxial shear test
Rock slope engineering
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ISBN
978-0-419-16010-6
doi
10.1007/BF02595034
Taylor & Francis
ISBN
978-90-6191-109-8
Nedlands
Australian Centre for Geomechanics
ISBN
978-0-9804185-3-8
cite conference
help
Springer
ISBN
978-3-540-29249-4
Categories
Tests in geotechnical laboratories
Rocks

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