Technical Themes
The Technical Program for Slope Stability 2011 will examine the transformation our profession is undergoing as unprecedented amounts of quantitative data become available through new measurement and analysis techniques. The question is, how do we make sense of all the numbers and data that are now available to us? Papers are invited reporting case studies, innovative analysis techniques and solutions, as well as recent and future research trends.
Topics to be considered include:
- Assessment and implications of uncertainty
- Ground water and in-situ stress
- Monitoring and managing slope movements
- Numerical analysis and design methods
- Open pit-underground mining interactions
- Pit closure and decommissioning
- Remote sensing applications
- Rock mass characterization for large rock slopes
- Rockfalls - analysis and control
- Slope design and acceptance criteria
- Slope design in arctic conditions and extreme climates
- Slope excavation, blasting techniques and quality control
- Slope failure mechanisms
- Slope performance, optimization and risk
- Support, drainage and stabilisation of slopes
