Geometric quality assessment of in situ blocks in dimension stone quarries

Measurements of and correlations between block size and rock quality designation (RQD)

Arild Palmstrøm · Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology · 2005 · 477 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Testing, Rock Quality Designation +8

DISCONTINUOUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS: A NEW NUMERICAL MODEL FOR THE STATICS AND DYNAMICS OF DEFORMABLE BLOCK STRUCTURES

Gen‐hua Shi · Engineering Computations · 1992 · 321 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics Of Materials +18

Discontinuities and rock mass geometry

John Hudson, Stephen D. Priest · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1979 · 221 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Rock Burst +2

Block theory and its application

Richard E. Goodman · Géotechnique · 1995 · 138 citations

Engineering, Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering +17

The volumetric joint count ― a useful and simple measure of the degree of rock mass jointing

Arild Palmstrøm · 1982 · 133 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Slide, Rock Testing +10