Research Article

Stability Assessment of Dangerous Rock Mass of an Overhanging Slope in Puerdu Town, Southwestern China

Table 6

Criteria for the stability evaluation of dangerous rocks.

Failure modeStable state
UnstableUnderstableBasically stableStable

Falling typeK < 1.01.0 ≤ K < 1.51.5 ≤ K < 1.8K ≥ 1.8
Tipping typeK < 1.01.0 ≤ K < 1.31.3 ≤ K < 1.5K ≥ 1.5