A Method for Estimating the Surface Roughness of Rock Discontinuities

<div>Typical profiles and their models: (a) typical profiles with JRC values calculated by back analyses [<a href="/journals/mpe/2018/9835341/#B2">2</a>]; (b) process of modeling a profile (JRC = 10.8; <svg height="8.68572pt" id="M155" style="vertical-align:-0.0498209pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 31.2817 8.68572" width="31.2817pt" 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="M743 375C743 570 607 650 407 650H136L130 622C214 612 220 606 204 526L125 122C110 43 105 36 24 27L17 0H250C382 0 482 23 571 76C680 141 743 248 743 375ZM644 379C644 188 520 36 305 36C277 36 249 38 229 46C205 55 202 71 212 126L293 553C300 588 306 600 317 606C330 613 356 617 390 617C547 617 644 537 644 379Z" id="g113-69"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,13.59,0)"><path d="M535 323V373H52V323H535ZM535 138V188H52V138H535Z" id="g117-34"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,24.853,0)"><path d="M384 0V27C293 34 287 42 287 114V635C232 613 172 594 109 583V559L157 557C201 555 205 550 205 499V114C205 42 199 34 109 27V0H384Z" id="g113-50"></path></g></svg> mm).</div>

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Figure 6: A Method for Estimating the Surface Roughness of Rock Discontinuities 