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The original Barton equation for the shear strength of a rock joint is given by Eqn.2a:
Eqn.2a
where is the basic friction angle of the failure surface, JRC is the joint roughness coefficient,
and JCS is the joint wall compressive strength [Barton, 1973, 1976]. On the basis of direct
shear test results for 130 samples of variably weathered rock joints, Barton and Choubey
revised this to Eqn.2b:
Eqn.2b
where is the residual friction angle of the failure surface [Barton and Choubey, 1977].
Eqn.2c
where r is the Schmidt hammer rebound number on wet and weathered fracture surfaces and
R is the Schmidt rebound number on dry unweathered sawn surfaces.
Barton, N.R. and Choubey, V. 1977. The shear strength of rock joints in theory
and practice. Rock Mech. 10(1-2), 1-54.
Shear strength of rock discontinuities
Figure 5: Roughness profiles and corresponding JRC values (After Barton and Choubey 1977).
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Shear strength of rock discontinuities
Straight edge
Asperity amplitude - mm
Length of profile - m
400 20
40 2
30
20 1
10 0.5
5
4
3
2
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 10
Length of profile - m
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Shear strength of rock discontinuities
200
250
100
150
50
3
Unit weight of rock - kN/m
+ + + + | +
32
| | | |
30
400
350
28
300
250
26
200
Uniaxial compressive strength - MPa
24
150
22
20
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
Hammer orientation
30
20
10
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60