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• • <br />RECTANGULAR COLLAPSE <br />H I H_ h(loe) <br />--I ~ %.S <br />-f ~p L <br />WEDGE COLLAPSE <br />H \ <br />~ ' <br />;n~ ~ --~~ i L/ <br />~ MAX. HEIGH7 <br />Of COLLAPSE <br />(H~ 15 <br />H, 2ti(10°t(expressed <br />%S as multiple of <br />exlrscted <br />{hickness h) <br />10 <br />3h uoot <br />H'•°S <br />5'= Percen{ .Sall a V~ ~~ ~ 100) <br />Vo <br />Voa original volume of unbroken siratz <br />Vc . volume of colispsnd roof beds <br />FIGURE 2a Diagram showing notation for caleu.lating <br />maximwn height of collapse (H) in <br />relation to geometry of collapse. <br />(modified from Piggott 8 Eynon, 1917) <br />S <br />C~ <br />Aa.nge of percent <br />Swell for <br />Co:I Messurt SGrit1 <br />~- <br />Obstrvad maximum height <br />of toll>.pst In the mint <br />1 I <br />~ I I <br />y, !~ I <br />,fir I <br />20% ~0% 40Y. <br />PERCENT SWEII y°5 <br />(eXpressecl as'a percerf[..ge) <br />FIGURE 2b. Graph showing variation 1n maximum <br />height of collapse for different modes <br />of failure and bulking factors, <br />(modified from Piggott b Eynon, 1917) <br /> <br />w- P -.r- <br />CONICAL COLLAPSE <br />