A Method for Estimating the Surface Roughness of Rock Discontinuities

<div>Discontinuity model for the definition and calculation of <span class="nowrap"><svg height="11.927pt" id="M85" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 11.1437 11.927" width="11.1437pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M405 650H141L135 622C222 616 230 610 215 535L133 116C118 41 113 33 29 28L23 0H289L295 28C209 33 205 40 219 116L298 535C312 609 317 616 399 622L405 650Z" id="g113-74"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,4.719,3.132)"><path d="M636 22C611 29 589 38 560 74C536 104 518 134 495 173L430 300C518 328 592 392 592 492C592 555 563 594 528 618C491 643 435 650 377 650H140L131 618C222 610 223 601 208 518L137 136C121 43 116 40 27 32L18 0H295L300 32C212 40 206 42 223 138L248 279H296C334 279 350 272 369 230C393 174 413 140 441 94C482 24 523 1 626 -8L636 22ZM497 480C497 422 468 374 417 343C387 324 353 315 304 315H255L298 556C303 583 309 598 319 603C331 610 348 613 367 613C448 613 497 573 497 480Z" id="g50-83"></path></g></svg>:</span> (a) modeling of the discontinuity surface; (b) modeling of the discontinuity profile.</div>

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Figure 5: A Method for Estimating the Surface Roughness of Rock Discontinuities 