The presence of joints and other types of discontinuities has a significant effect on the
mechanical behavior of rock, thereby fundamentally influencing the stability of rock …

The trace length as an important indicator reflecting the size of discontinuity, can usually be
estimated by setting a sampling window on the surface of the rock mass. However, in high …

During the excavation process in fractured rock masses in underground mines, blasting
excavation can cause dangerous block collapses on surrounding rock. The applicable …

Laboratory tests are one of the most fundamental and crucial methods in rock mechanics
and engineering research. Natural rock specimens are challenging to acquire, and …

Simulating realistic scenarios with numerical models often demands substantial
computational resources, which can be excessively time-consuming. In complex Discrete …

The geometric statistical characteristics of rock mass discontinuities, such as mean trace
length and intensity, cannot be measured directly and require the use of statistical tools …

In the geomechanical characterisation practice of jointed rock masses, the volumetric
fracture intensity P32, defined as the total area of discontinuities per unit volume, is …

This article compares the synthetic rock mass (SRM) modeling approach with empirical
methods used to obtain the equivalent strength of rock masses. In the first case, a parametric …