... quality ratings have been established to predict potential slope failure modes. Slope Mass Rating (SMR) (Romana, 1985) is one of the popular slope quality classification systems, and it is a modification of well-known Rock Mass Rating (RMR) (Bieniawski, 1973). Classification systems suffer from...

... community. The geomechanical classification SMR - Slope Mass Rating (Romana 1985) allows a preliminary low-cost assessment of susceptibility of rock slopes to failure. It consists of an adaptation of the RMR - Rock Mass Rating (Bieniawski 1989), which was first introduced as a geomechanical classification...

... Abstract The Slope Mass Rating (SMR; Romana, 1985) geomechanics classification was developed as a sequel of Bieniawski's Rock Mass Rating (RMR) system, which was almost impossible to use in slopes due to the extreme range of the correction factors (up to 60 points of a maximum of 100...

..., unfavourable -50, very unfavourable -50, very unfavourable -60. No guidelines have been published for the definition of each class. A mistake in this value can supersede by far any careful evaluation of the rock mass, and classification work becomes both difficult and arbitrary. ROMANA (1985, 1993, 1995...

... SUMMARY The SMR (Slope Mass Rating) classification was introduced by ROMANA (1985) as a logical following to BIENIAWSKI RMR geomechanical classification. RMR (widely used in tunnels) is not of immediate use for slopes due to the fact that joints are a more governing parameter for stability...

...8M R classification Klassifikation mit SMR Classification SMR MANUEL ROMANA, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain ABSTRACT: Slope Ma Rating (SKR) i. a .y.tem of clas.ification developed by ROMANO (1985) a. an application of BIENIAWSKI (1979) Rock Ma Rating. In order to a.se lope...

... (Romana, 1985). Reinforcement of slopes under Denia Castle (Spain) Consolidation d'une pente rocheuse sous Ie chateau de Denia, Espagne StOtzung von Boschungen unter der Denia Burg (Spanien) M. ROMANA, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain F.A.lZaUIERDO...