Research Article

Experimental Study on 3D Roughness and Shear Failure Mechanism of Rock Mass Discontinuity

Table 3

Areas of natural rough rock joint surface models before and after the experiment.

DiscontinuityArea of the upper discontinuity (mm2)Area of the lower discontinuity (mm2)
Before testAfter testChange ratioBefore testAfter testChange ratio

A12091.362022.533.29%2072.692018.782.60%
A22013.012013.010.00%2156.832015.936.53%
A32028.242034.52āˆ’0.31%2178.092031.966.71%
A42149.911987.127.57%2153.991984.537.87%
A52037.102033.220.19%2030.562005.091.25%
A62240.312107.975.91%2165.842114.882.35%
A72075.972048.281.33%2146.452043.264.81%
A82065.072033.191.54%2064.802035.321.43%