Quantitative Characterization of Natural Rock Discontinuity Roughness In-situ and in the Laboratory

The surface roughness of unfilled rock discontinuities has a major influence on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of discontinuous rock masses. Although it is widely recognized that surface roughness is comprised of large-scale (waviness) and small-scale (unevenness) components, most investigations of...

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Main Author: Tatone, Bryan Stanley Anthony
Other Authors: Grasselli, Giovanni
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18959