Correlation of joint roughness coefficient (JRC) and peak friction angles of discontinuities of Malaysian Schists

The surface roughness of geological discontinuities plays an important role in influencing the stability of rock masses. Several approaches can be adopted for its determination. This paper presents a simple approach whereby two polynomial approximations have been derived to correlate the peak fri...

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Main Author: Abdul Ghani Rafek, Thian Lai Goh, .
Format: Article
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.12165 /
Published: 2012
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Online Access: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/esr/article/view/14655
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12165/
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Summary: The surface roughness of geological discontinuities plays an important role in influencing the stability of rock masses. Several approaches can be adopted for its determination. This paper presents a simple approach whereby two polynomial approximations have been derived to correlate the peak friction angle, f peak of discontinuity planes of fresh as well as slightly weathered schist bedrock with the Joint Roughness Coefficient, JRC