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Advances in joint roughness coefficient (JRC) and its engineering applications

open access: yesJournal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2023
The joint roughness coefficient (JRC), introduced in Barton (1973) represented a new method in rock mechanics and rock engineering to deal with problems related to joint roughness and shear strength estimation.
Nick Barton, Changshuo Wang, Rui Yong
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A New Statistical Parameter for Determining Joint Roughness Coefficient (JRC) considering the Shear Direction and Contribution of Different Protrusions [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2021
The mechanical properties of joints are important factors affecting the safety and stability of rock mass. The joint roughness coefficient (JRC) is a parameter for describing the roughness morphology of the joint surface, and its accurate quantification ...
Jiu-yang Huan   +3 more
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Determining of the Joint Roughness Coefficient (JRC) of Rock Discontinuities Based on the Theory of Random Fields [PDF]

open access: yesGeosciences, 2019
This work intends to embed the estimation of the joint roughness coefficient (JRC) in the framework of random fields. The random field method is a probabilistic approach which involves modeling of the spatial variability of the pertinent physical ...
Elias Gravanis, Lysandros Pantelidis
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Analysis of the effect of joint roughness on the failure mechanism of jointed rock mass under direct shear loading. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
The mechanical properties of jointed rock bodies are important in guiding engineering design and construction. Using the particle flow software PFC2D, we conducted direct shear test simulations on joints with various inclinations and five different ...
Zhongxing Wang, Yuanming Liu
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Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Rock Specimens with Varying Joint Roughness and Inclination under Impact Load

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
The influence of joint roughness and inclination on the dynamic mechanical properties of rocks is a prominent research area. In order to investigate the effects of joint roughness and inclination on the dynamic mechanical properties of jointed rocks ...
Pu Yuan   +3 more
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Suggested New Statistical Parameter for Estimating Joint Roughness Coefficient considering the Shear Direction

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2021
The 10 standard roughness joint profiles provided a visual comparison to get the joint roughness coefficient (JRC) of rock joint surface, but the accuracy of this method is influenced by human factors.
Zhiqiang Zhang   +3 more
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Experimental study of uniaxial compressive mechanical properties of rough jointed rock masses based on 3D printing

open access: yesApplied Rheology, 2023
Roughness and inclination are important factors affecting the strength and deformation properties of jointed rock masses. Serrated joint specimens with varying joint roughness coefficient (JRC) and inclination angle were manufactured by 3D printing ...
Yuan Pu   +3 more
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Some Remarks on the Use of Deterministic and Probabilistic Approaches in the Evaluation of Rock Slope Stability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The rock slope stability assessment can be performed by means of deterministic and probabilistic approaches. As the deterministic analysis needs only representative values (generally, the mean value) for each physical and geo-mechanical parameter ...
BUDETTA, PAOLO
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An empirical method for calculating the roughness coefficient of structural plane with line-plane combination

open access: yesShuiwen dizhi gongcheng dizhi, 2023
The shear mechanical properties of structural plane are mainly determined by the surface roughness, and the roughness coefficient is the main method to characterize the roughness.
Xiang FAN   +5 more
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Direct Shear Test and Shear Strength Model of Clay-Filled Joints

open access: yesApplied Rheology, 2021
To better study the shear characteristics of infilled joints with soil having different moisture contents, the influence of the moisture content on the shear characteristics of the infilled joint was explored in this paper, and a revised shear strength ...
Chang Le   +3 more
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