To the problem of determining the deformation characteristics of jointed rock mass

Abstract

sThe article considers the results of the study of a fragment of rock mass weakened by a system of parallel joints. Using numerical modelling, its deformation characteristics at different ratios of the characteristic size of the fragment to the characteristic size of its structural element (layer) are studying. The conditions for the representativeness of a fragment are discussed. The results of numerical calculations are compared with the results of the previously proposed analytical calculation method and the conditions for their convergence are discussed.