THE FRACTAL CHARACTER OF FRACTURE SPACING AND RQD

被引：40
作者：
BOADU, FK
LONG, LT
机构：
[1] School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES & GEOMECHANICS ABSTRACTS | 1994年 / 31卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1016/0148-9062(94)92802-9
中图分类号：
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号：
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要：
Fracturing and fragmentation processes occur on all scales and, hence, may be described in terms of fractals. We examined the fractal dimensions of discontinuity spacing measurements in a fractured rock mass and observed a relation between the fractal dimension and the quality of the rock mass in terms of RQD. RQD tends to increase with a decrease in fractal dimension for a given scanline length. Thus a relatively more-competent fractured rock mass will tend to have a lower fractal dimension and vice versa.
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