Estimating the relation between surface roughness and mechanical properties of rock joints

The shear strength of rock joints in theory and practice

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Estimating joint roughness coefficients

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Broad bandwidth study of the topography of natural rock surfaces

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Experimental studies of scale effects on the shear behaviour of rock joints

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Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering +17