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

Table 2

The basic parameters and distribution for dominant orientations.

Parameters		ID
		A	B	C	D
Dip direction (°)	Mean value	57	131	249	318
	Standard deviation	8.39	20.3	8.58	20.76
	Distribution law	P1^1	P2^2	P1^1	P1^1
Dip angle (°)	Mean value	44	54	41	42
	Standard deviation	16.25	14.11	16.53	15.44
	Distribution law	P2^2	P2^2	P2^2	P2^2
Half trace length (m)	Mean value	1.68	2.18	1.77	1.96
	Standard deviation	0.87	0.85	0.63	1.01
	Distribution law	P3^3	P3^3	P3^3	P3^3
Spacing (m)	Mean value	0.26	0.35	0.31	0.43
	Standard deviation	0.11	0.18	0.14	0.29
	Distribution law	P3^3	P3^3	P3^3	P3^3

¹P₁ means uniform; ²P₂ means normal; ³P₃ means negative exponential.