Failure Mechanism and Stability Analysis of Rock Slope

Ke Zhang is an Associate Professor/Ph.D. Supervisor at the Faculty of Electric Power Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology. His main research fields are rock fracture mechanics, slope stability, and advanced numerical methods in engineering. He graduated from Central South University in 2015, and in 2016 he was selected for the “Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award” by the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and took part in the Society’s “Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program.” In 2017, he was part of Yunnan Province’s “Thousand Talent Program for Young Outstanding Scientists.”

• Introduction.- Part I Experimental Studies on Compression-Shear Failure Mechanism of Rock Mass.- Joint Surface Morphology and Shear Behavior.- Influence of Flaw Inclination on Shear Fracturing and Fractal Behavior.- Influence of Flaw Density on Shear Fracturing and Fractal Behavior.- Part II Failure Mechanism and Stability Analysis of Heavily Fractured Rock Slope.- Method for Determining Strength Parameters of Heavily Fractured Rock Mass.-  Kinematical Element Method.-  Integrated Karst Cave Stochastic Model-Limit Equilibrium Method.- Strain-Softening Behavior and Strength Reduction Method.- Three-dimensional Effects.- Part III Failure Mechanism and Stability Analysis of Rock Slope Controlled by Major Geological Discontinuities.- Joint Element and Displacement Discontinuity Method.- Discontinuity Kinematical Element Method.- Joint Element and Strength Reduction Method.- Fracture Mechanics Method.