Research Article

A Simple Three-Dimensional Failure Criterion for Jointed Rock Masses under True Triaxial Compression

Table 2

Percentage error in predicting strength data of jointed marble.

σ3 (MPa)σ2 (MPa)Percentage error in predicting strength data at joint inclination angle β (°)
02040608090

007.799.3010.918.695.162.52
10601.1514.2419.1315.757.446.84
30606.666.053.390.8411.1914.87
30903.540.610.080.026.1411.45
3012013.1414.9513.357.0910.4612.89
Average of this paper6.469.039.376.488.089.71
Average of the Mogi–Coulomb criterion [17]4.8810.4311.808.529.1711.57