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Properties of Rocks and Rock Masses
Properties of Rocks and Rock Masses
Properties of Rocks and Rock Masses
Lecture 2
• Introduction
• Strength of rocks
• Density
• Porosity
• Wave velocity
• depends upon
o type of rock
o age
o depth
o the environment under which it has been existing
• Thermal property
The brittleness value (S20) is the percentage of the material that passes
the 11.2 mm sieve after 20 drops of the 14 kg piston
Cutter Life Index (CLI) is used instead of Bit Wear Index (BWI)
Three shear strength criteria for rock joints: 1 Mohr Coulomb, 2 Patton
Compiled By: Sujan Maka 35
and 3 Barton.
Shear Strength of Planar Surfaces
Rock is assumed to be a
coulomb material, i.e
τ = c + σtanФ
τ = σ tan (φ + i)
1. Empirical Methods
4. Back Analysis