Effect of discontinuity roughness and anisotropy on shear strength

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Denli, Alper Kaan

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Discontinuity surfaces generally consist of undulations termed as roughness. It is well known that surface roughness plays an important role on the shear strength and shear behavior of discontinuities. However, the effect of roughness will not be the same when the direction of shearing changes. This effect causes variation of shear strength with shearing direction or in other words anisotropy on shear strength. In this thesis, an experimental study was performed to investigate the effect of roughness and anisotropy on shear strength. For this purpose, joint samples were prepared using a model material and direct shear tests were conducted at different normal stress levels and shearing directions.

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Mining engineering.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/14176

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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A. K. Denli, “Effect of discontinuity roughness and anisotropy on shear strength,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2004.