The Effect of Natural Thermal Cycles on Rock Outcrops: Knowledge and Prospect

• Published in: Rock mechanics and rock engineering Vol. 56; no. 9; pp. 6797 - 6822
• Main Authors: Merrien-Soukatchoff, Véronique, Gasc-Barbier, Muriel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.09.2023; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Civil Engineering; Computation; Deformation; Depth measurement; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Elastic analysis; Engineering Sciences; Fatigue failure; Fracture mechanics; Freeze-thaw; Freezing; Geophysics/Geodesy; Mechanical analysis; Mechanics; Original Paper; Outcrops; Rock; Rock masses; Rockfall; Rocks; Sciences of the Universe; Slope stability; Strain analysis; Temperature; Temperature effects; Temperature measurement; Thawing; Thermoelasticity; Boreholes; Thermoelasticity; In situ devices; Analytical computations; Rockfalls; Numerical modelling; Rock slope stability; Rock slope stability; Rockfalls, Thermoelasticity; In situ devices; Boreholes; Analytical computations; numerical modelling

In recent years, interest in the effect of positive temperatures on rock faces has increased, as evidenced by the extensive literature on the subject. The subsurface rock masses of rock slopes are submitted to uncontrollable natural temperature cycles which cause deformation, displacement, opening a...