Research Article

A New Statistical Parameter for Determining Joint Roughness Coefficient (JRC) considering the Shear Direction and Contribution of Different Protrusions

Table 1

10 standard roughness joint profiles [9].

No.Typical roughness profilesJRC range

10∼2 (0.4)
22∼4 (2.8)
34∼6 (5.8)
46∼8 (6.7)
58∼10 (9.5)
610∼12 (10.8)
712∼14 (12.8)
814∼16 (14.5)
916∼18 (16.7)
1018∼20 (18.7)
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