Natural rock joint roughness quantification through fractal techniques

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1181-1202

  Kulatilake, P H S W ^a   Balasingam, P ^a   Park, Jinyong ^a   Morgan, R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fractals; Rock joints; Roughness; Scale effects; Two dimensions

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FRACTALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

HYDRO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MODIFIED DIVIDER TECHNIQUE; NATURAL ROCK JOINT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ROUGHNESS VARIABILITY;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK PROPERTY; SCALE EFFECT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 33748294153     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-005-1219-6     Document Type: Article

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