... of the State and the port of Rio Grande, one of the largest ports in the country. This highway intercepts the city of Canguçu in a section with an extensive rock slope. In this context, the present paper provides a preliminary study on the stability of this slope based on the Slope Mass Rating (SMR) system...

... of neotectonic activity, is of regional character and defines a fold of cataclastic deformation. The geomechanical valuations developed in the analyzed cases, show that the studied rock masses are of low to very low quality. According to the RMR and GSI classifications, the adopted rates are in a general range...

... with limited data. Kinematical analysis is a widely used method that requires orientational data and the rock mass friction angle. However, geological or mechanical features of the rock mass are disregarded. Slope Mass Rating (SMR) is an alternative that considers the basic Rock Mass Rating (RMR) parameters...

... strength and competent rock mass. mapping assessment simulation reservoir characterization discontinuity rock mechanic block size distribution persistence validation palmstrom geological mapping variation karnataka latham dimension orientation rating strength Rock Mechanics...