Study of the Effect of Joint Trace Lengths on Failure Strength of Rock
Numerical simulations the different rock sample in the uniaxial compression have been conducted using Rock Failure Process Analysis program (RFPA2D) to evaluate the effects of joint trace lengths on the overall mechanical behaviour of jointed rock masses in this paper. Numerically simulated stress-strain curve, peak stress, peak strain and failure patterns were compared with the corresponding experimental results. We found that for a series of partially-spanning joint geometries with the same joint orientation, the projected area will be proportional to the square of the trace length. Thus, the relationship between compressive strength and partially-spanning joint geometry for the tests carried out to explore the influence of joint trace length may be expressed as a linear correlation between compressive strength and projected area.Numerical simulations agree well with experimental results.