Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Shear Behavior and Permeability Evolution of Rock Joints with Variable Roughness and Infilling Thickness

Table 3

Normalized peak and residual shear strengths.

ThicknessNormalized peak shear strengthNormalized residual shear strength
JRCJRC
0–24–68–1014–1618–200–24–68–1014–1618–20

0.020.630.6150.6250.6450.9550.180.1550.2250.1350.25
0.050.570.5620.7050.60.660.380.260.3750.2550.35
0.10.5450.5450.6650.630.640.40.3350.440.3550.46
0.150.5550.560.6150.570.630.4350.360.480.3250.47
0.20.540.5450.60.5450.610.4350.370.5150.370.47