Reassessing the joint roughness coefficient (JRC) estimation using Z2

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-251

  Yang, Zon Yee ^a   Lo, S C ^a   Di, C C ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICAL METHODS; TESTING;

JOINT ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENT; ROCK ENGINEERING;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0035416995     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s006030170012     Document Type: Article

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