A User’s Guide for the Bplane, Bstepp, and Bwedge Computer Programs [IC 9494]

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• Personal Author:
  Miller, Stanley M. ; Whyatt, J. K. (Jeff K.) ; Dwyer, Jami Girard ; McHugh, Edward L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Spokane Research Laboratory
• Description:
  This user's guide covers the operation of a suite of three computer programs-Bplane, Bstepp, and Bwedge. These programs can be used to evaluate the potential for plane shear, step-path, and wedge failures along the crest of a slope bench. Such failures reduce the width of a catch bench and may compromise the bench's ability to catch rolling or sliding material before it reaches miners working below. The Bplane and Bwedge programs address sliding of blocks defined by continuous planar joints. The Bstepp program examines sliding of blocks defined by more complex failure surfaces that include steeply dipping cross joints and may even include breaks across small bridges of intact rock. The programs are applicable to jointed rock masses where the joints are small relative to the overall slope and form a number of sets with uniform statistical characteristics within a slope sector The theoretical basis, application, and operation of these programs are described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Computer Simulation Ground Control (Mining/Computer Simulation Mining Software
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  68 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031953
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a256a9c5f458695989dd7fd19e06318bd6c75db004aeb148dbd10de8898409faba8088984a037b15aa0d9ef4abe33babfb5fa899cf1a75aea992d927705da184
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8470/cdc_8470_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.05 MB ]