Effect of contact surface area on frictional behaviour of dry and saturated rock joints
Muhammad Asad Pirzada, Hamid Roshan, Hanqing Sun, Joung Oh, Martin S. Andersen, Ahmadreza Hedayat, M. Bahaaddini
Topics & Concepts
Shearing (physics)Joint (building)Geotechnical engineeringContact areaSurface finishGeologyDirect shear testSurface roughnessShear (geology)Ultimate tensile strengthShear strength (soil)Materials scienceComposite materialStructural engineeringEngineeringSoil scienceSoil waterPetrologyRock Mechanics and ModelingTunneling and Rock MechanicsLandslides and related hazards