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Rock Characterization: ISRM Symposium, Eurock '92, Chester, UK, 14–17 September 1992
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J. A. Hudson
J. A. Hudson
Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, UK
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Emerald Publishing Limited
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https://doi.org/10.1680/rc.35621
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978-0-7277-4024-3
Publication date:
1992
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Mathematical modelling of scale effects in rock joints

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J. Muralha;
J. Muralha
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Portugal
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A. Pinto De Cunha
A. Pinto De Cunha
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Portugal
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J. Muralha
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Portugal
A. Pinto De Cunha
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Portugal
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https://doi.org/10.1680/rc.35621.0050
  • Published:
    1992

The results of the determination of laboratory and in situ shear strength of systematic joint sets at different sites (mean values and dispersion parameters) are reviewed aiming at establishing empirical mathematical links between the shear strength and the sample sizes (scale effects). Such equations are used in the modelling and analysis of slope stability problems at different scales.

  • INTRODUCTION

  • CASE STUDIES

  • SCALE EFFECTS AND ROCK SLOPE SAFETY

  • FINAL REMARKS

  • REFERENCES

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