The typical shear behaviour of rough joints has been studied under constant normal
load/stress (CNL) boundary conditions, but recent studies have shown that this boundary …

Joint roughness coefficient (JRC) is the most commonly used parameter for quantifying
surface roughness of rock discontinuities in practice. The system composed of multiple …

The shear behaviour of a rough rock joint depends largely on the surface properties of the
joint, as well as the boundary conditions applied across the joint interface. This paper …

Despite their frequent natural occurrence, filled discontinuities under constant normal
stiffness (CNS) boundary conditions have been studied much less systematically, perhaps …

Deep buried cavities and tunnels are often located in rock. Due to the excavation, the
original stress field has been perturbed, which causes redistribution of the stress and the …

The mechanical behaviour of the infilled rock joints is highly concerned in rock joint studies
due to its involvement in a wide range of mining collapses. In this study, a new cohesive …

Shear behaviors of naturally infilled granite fractures were investigated using experimental
and numerical approaches in this study. The tested granite fracture samples were collected …

Recently, the Chinese government has planned to build a large underground rock reservoir
for compressed air energy storage plant in Inner Mongolia for electric power generation. The …

In this work, the three-dimensional failure mechanism of a deep soil-tunnel is established
based on the nonlinear Mohr-Coulomb criterion and the upper bound theorem of the limit …

Pre-existing fractures in rock engineering significantly affect the entire structural stability. To
deepen the understanding of the fracture mechanism of fractured rocks under shear loading …