Toppling Model
The toppling method applied in a RocTopple analysis is determined by the selections in the Toppling Model tab in the Project Settings dialog. To open the tab:
- Select Project Settings
on the toolbar or on the Analysis menu. - Select the Toppling Model tab.
The available options are:
- Block Toppling (the default)
- Block Flexure Toppling
Block Toppling
The Block Toppling method is based on the popular limit equilibrium method of Goodman and Bray first published in 1976 in the paper, Toppling of Rock Slopes.
Block Flexure Toppling
The Block Flexure Toppling method is based on the limit equilibrium method of Amini, Majdi and Veshadi published in 2012 in the paper, Stability Analysis of Rock Slopes Against Block-Flexure Toppling Failure.
NOTE: For a description of the block generation equations used in both methods, see RocTopple Theory Documents.