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Maria Chatziangelou1 and Costas Anagnostopoulos2
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2193/2022.01.001
1. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
2. International Hellenic University, Sindos 57400, Thessaloniki, Greece
The significance of this paper is the evaluation of the use of BQS (blastability quality system) on rock slopes in practice A landslide, which took place in Northern Greece, in a tectonic active fault damage zone of gneiss and sandstone, and is used for our investigation. The results of the BQS description are combined with the results of the SMR (slope mass rating) Classification. The final results of the two classification methods are similar. It is significant that the both estimates are really close. So, the BQS can effectively be used as a combinational classification system and results in the appropriate support measure. The decision about the installation of the support measures mainly depends on the worst rock mass. Considering the presence of the active fault and the rock mass quality, the appropriate restoration can be a flexible system with gabions and benches, which follow the geometry of the potential critical sliding cycle. The above flexible support system can follow the fault movement during future earthquakes and absorb the energy and deformation. The cracked small wedges can be prevented from sliding by wire mess. Also, a drainage system and toe ditch need to drive the water of the rainfall out of the slope.
Landslide, rock mass, classification, support, slope stability.
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