A New Approach for Estimating Rock Discontinuity Trace Intensity Based on Rectangular Sampling Windows

Trace intensity is defined as mean total trace length of discontinuities per unit area, which is an important geometric parameter to describe fracture networks. The probability of each trace appearing in the sampling surface is different since discontinuity orientation has a scatter and is probabili...

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Main Authors: Xiaoxue Huo, Qiong Wu, Huiming Tang, Zhen Meng, Di Wang, Yuxin Liu, Shiyu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8834861