COMPARISONS OF SEISMIC ROCK SLOPE STABILITY ASSESSMENTS BETWEEN THE HOEK-BROWN FAILURE CRITERION AND MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION By Qian Zhiguang A thesis is submitted for the degree of Bachelor of Civil engineering at The Deakin University School of Civil Engineering October 2012 Comparisons of the Hoek-Brown and Mohr-Coulomb ABSTRACT This paper describes uses limit equilibrium analyses to produce stability for rock slopes to show the difference between Mohr-Coulomb and
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1.0 ) THEORY (I) Static Stability of Floating Body Referring to Figure 1‚ the weight W of the floating body passes through its center of gravity G. The upthrust or buoyancy force FB acting on the floating body passes through the center of buoyancy B‚ which corresponds to the centroid of the displaced fluid. When the floating body is subjected to a small angular displacement or perturbation θ about its equilibrium upright configuration‚ the center of buoyancy shifts from B to B’‚ while the center
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Order and chaos are related to and dependent on each other. The clear cut distinction between them is man made and an illusion. Society uses order to regulate all aspects of the world from nature to personal lives‚ while chaos allows for open mindedness and also provides an explanation for certain aspects of the world. This can be seen in science‚ theology‚ music‚ language‚ and imaginative play. Science is rational‚ logical‚ and orderly. It has the ability to break apart complex systems
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ORDER-WINNING AND ORDER-QUALIFYING CRITERIA The terms "order winners" and "order qualifiers" were coined by Terry Hill‚ professor at the London Business School‚ and refer to the process of how internal operational capabilities are converted to criteria that may lead to competitive advantage and market success. In his writings‚ Hill emphasized the interactions and cooperation between operations and marketing. The operations people are responsible for providing the order-winning and order-qualifying
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As explained on the previous page structural variations in the genome has many effects and there are many different types of structural variations. Copy number variations is a big category of different structural variation types‚such as Insertions and deletions‚ which are genomic imbalances. There are also inversions and translocations.These structural variations are the cause of a vast range of genetic disorders. Insertions are the addition of a sequence of one or more nucleotides between two
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How does society affect our society then and today? Homelessness affects society in multiple ways. Everywhere you go there is always a homeless one in need. Homeless children suffer depression and anxiety from abandonment and other issues. There are ways that homelessness affects us that we do not know about. Let homelessness capture a meaning in every way. The government is also affected by homelessness paying for insurances‚ financial aid etc… The homeless should not be held with a label as
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Schools & Society Task 3 Part B. The 3 sources I used were New Jersey Professional Standards for Teachers and School Leaders‚ Core Curriculum Content Standard and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. New Jersey’s Standards are one of 44 states that are involved in the Common Core State Standards. This makes New Jersey standards the same of most other states in the United States. But the Common Core State Standards are only for Mathematics and Language Arts. New Jersey has their
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Justify the need for keeping records and describe the types of records you would maintain. In this essay I would look at the need for record keeping and describe the types of records I would maintain as a teacher. Predominantly there are normally three reasons for keeping records namely for health and Safety reasons which may also be a legal requirement. Secondly for the teaching purpose so the teacher knows what the student has done and what there progress is. Thirdly for auditing and quality
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Assess the claim that ‘the main function of education is to maintain a value consensus in society’. The term ‘value consensus’ refers to an agreed set of norms and values amongst society. Different theorists have different views depending on their sociological field; Marxists and Functionalists tend to have opposing views. Functionalists view education as a form of secondary socialisation in which individuals form a common set of norms and values. Durkheim believes‚ that for this to take place
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in charge of the whole colony. Observing the situation‚ we can say that every bee in the colony has a specific function or role. That is how bees‚ even though small and simple‚ can be strong and smart. They have order and functionalism to build and maintain their colony. But can humans‚ being more complex and free-minded than bees‚ be subjected to complete order? The Verichip is a microchip that can be implanted under one’s skin. Each chip is unique; each has a verification number used for identification
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