(1. Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education,Tongji University,Shanghai 200092,China;2. Department of Geotechnical Engineering,Tongji University,Shanghai 200092,China)
Abstract:The major problem in determining the shear strength of rock joints is how to measure and then express the joint roughness with a number or a mathematical function according to joint morphology. Joint roughness coefficient(JRC) is probably the most commonly used method to measure roughness of rock joint surfaces. The method of evaluating JRC of joint is by visual comparison of measured profiles against a set of standard JRC profiles produced by Barton and Choubey. However,JRC estimation by visual comparison is prone to subjectivity and based on the analysis of only a single profile in the direction of shearing and usually underestimates joint roughness. The right method should be based on three-dimensional topography of joint surface. During shear tests,it is observed that the common characteristic among all the contact areas is that they are located in the steepest zones facing the shear direction. There is a parabolic function relationship between the potential contact area and the apparent dip angle. This function is a manifestation of real three-dimensional joint surface morphology information. Based on 42 direct shear test results,the relationship between peak shear dilatancy angle and three-dimensional morphology parameters is presented,and then a new shear strength criterion is proposed. All the parameters are determined according to joint topography. The new criterion follows the standard form of Mohr-Coulomb formula and has a explicit physical meaning. Finally,priority between two shear strength criteria is analyzed and how to use the new criterion is also suggested.
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