Investigating the Failure Mechanism of Jointed Rock Slopes Based on Discrete Element Method

Table 11

Comparison of mechanical parameters between the H-B method and numerical tests.

Mechanical property	E’ (GPa)	σc’ (MPa)	c’ (MPa)	φ’ (°)	σt’ (MPa)
H-B method	14.09	9.153	3.513	41.73	0.154
Numerical result	13.15	10.041	3.814	43.36	0.151
Error (%)	6.671	9.702	8.568	3.906	1.948