For RMR and SMR classifications, field work is required to obtain information about discontinuity dip, strike and ,.... Are are aware of any resource to learn this field work?
There are about ten parameters you must observe in the field
rock type, attitude of all discontinuities, rock strength by hammer or Schmidt hammer, spacing, openness, filling materials, roughness and waveness, water appearance, block size and shape
Need to identify with potential instabilities in rock slopes. Be it a road alignment cutting across rock slopes or be it selective cut slopes say a pre-identified/selected slope of abutment for a dam or bridge, or a site of building construction or may be a site in open cast mine etc. Thereafter to assess rock mass strength one needs to carry out rock mass assessment and ultimately to get the rock mass strength using emperical approach of rock mass rating (RMR).
Thereafter, to assess the primary slope stability through kinematic analysis of joints one needs to carry out Slope Mass Rating (SMR) calculation in which the already calculated RMR values would be used as RMRbasic. SMR would be giving primary idea about status of slope in terms of various SMR classes, right from Class I to V, the last one being most unfavourable one (And for various SMR classes, there are some standard sets of suggestions incorporated in SMR system. However, the same may not be directly applicable to each and every slope. This may further followed by going for more details, if otherwise required, say for calculation of Factor of Safety and to think and plan for more concrete solution or remedial measures for slope concerned.)
Best,
AK
Please contact Dr. R.V.K.Singh, Liasion Officer, CIMFR, Dhanbad and its branches at Nagpur, Roorkee etc.
You need
1-slope surveys see RHRS
2-uniaxail compressive test
3-Dip software for kinematic analysis
4-SMR tool
Did you mean the equipments required or the type of data collection?
I would suggest one reference, Wyllie and Mah, Rock Slope Engineering Civil and Mining 4th ed., based on the 3rd edition by Hoek and Bray.
https://civilenglineering.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/rock_slope_engineering_civil_and_mining.pdf
Hoek and Bray (1981) while somewhat dated, also presents a detailed check list for gathering data for slope stability.
It appears that you are based in Canada and there should be Geological or Mining organizations. The best course is to contact them for fieldwork as RMR is widely applied now in Rock Mechanics in Strata Control.
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