Experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in Pahang / Muhammad Hafeez Osman … [et al.]

Two cases regarding the histories of rock slopes repair and stabilisation of unstable boulder along Bukit Cincin to Genting Highlands and along the road from Gap to Fraser Hill in Pahang are presented. On 30th October 1997, 10 locations of road failure occurred along the road from Bukit Cincin to Ge...

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Main Author: Osman, Muhammad Hafeez
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2009
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spelling uitm-162842019-12-24T04:02:32Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16284/ Experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in Pahang / Muhammad Hafeez Osman … [et al.] Osman, Muhammad Hafeez Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics. Two cases regarding the histories of rock slopes repair and stabilisation of unstable boulder along Bukit Cincin to Genting Highlands and along the road from Gap to Fraser Hill in Pahang are presented. On 30th October 1997, 10 locations of road failure occurred along the road from Bukit Cincin to Genting Highland and in December 1997, 33 locations of slope failures occurred along the road from Gap to Eraser Hill during the monsoon seasons. Loose and fractured rocks were removed and covered with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coated anchored wire netting to prevent rocks fall while rock buttress was used to stabilise unstable boulders in soil slope. The repair works at Location 5 along the road from Bukit Cincin to Genting Highland where highly fractured rock slope and unstable boulder in soil slope occurred and the repair works at Location 10 along the road from Gap to Eraser Hill where highly fractured rock slope occurred are fully discussed in this paper. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16284/2/AJ_MUHAMMAD%20HAFEEZ%20OSMAN%20ESTEEM%2009.pdf Osman, Muhammad Hafeez (2009) Experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in Pahang / Muhammad Hafeez Osman … [et al.]. Esteem Academic Journal, 5 (1). pp. 161-174. ISSN 1675-7939
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topic Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics.
spellingShingle Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics.
Osman, Muhammad Hafeez
Experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in Pahang / Muhammad Hafeez Osman … [et al.]
description Two cases regarding the histories of rock slopes repair and stabilisation of unstable boulder along Bukit Cincin to Genting Highlands and along the road from Gap to Fraser Hill in Pahang are presented. On 30th October 1997, 10 locations of road failure occurred along the road from Bukit Cincin to Genting Highland and in December 1997, 33 locations of slope failures occurred along the road from Gap to Eraser Hill during the monsoon seasons. Loose and fractured rocks were removed and covered with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coated anchored wire netting to prevent rocks fall while rock buttress was used to stabilise unstable boulders in soil slope. The repair works at Location 5 along the road from Bukit Cincin to Genting Highland where highly fractured rock slope and unstable boulder in soil slope occurred and the repair works at Location 10 along the road from Gap to Eraser Hill where highly fractured rock slope occurred are fully discussed in this paper.
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author Osman, Muhammad Hafeez
author_facet Osman, Muhammad Hafeez
author_sort Osman, Muhammad Hafeez
title Experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in Pahang / Muhammad Hafeez Osman … [et al.]
title_short Experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in Pahang / Muhammad Hafeez Osman … [et al.]
title_full Experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in Pahang / Muhammad Hafeez Osman … [et al.]
title_fullStr Experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in Pahang / Muhammad Hafeez Osman … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in Pahang / Muhammad Hafeez Osman … [et al.]
title_sort experience in stabilisation of rock slopes in pahang / muhammad hafeez osman … [et al.]
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA)
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16284/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16284/2/AJ_MUHAMMAD%20HAFEEZ%20OSMAN%20ESTEEM%2009.pdf
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