Stability Assessment of the Slopes of an Oceanside Coral Limestone Quarry under Drawdown Condition of Semidiurnal Ocean Tides

Stability Assessment of the Slopes of an Oceanside Coral Limestone Quarry under Drawdown Condition of Semidiurnal Ocean Tides

Vipingo quarry in Kilifi county, Kenya, is one of the quarries supplying coral limestone for limestone manufacturing in the coastal region. Due to its close proximity to the Indian ocean, the semidiurnal ocean tides tend to have an influence on the stability of the quarry slopes adjacent to the shor...

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Main Authors: Joan Atieno Onyango, Takashi Sasaoka, Hideki Shimada, Akihiro Hamanaka, Dyson Moses
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Mining
Subjects:
slope stability
finite element analysis
generalized Hoek–Brown criterion
semidiurnal ocean tides
sensitivity factor
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6489/2/3/32

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