Understanding exact rock conditions has a significant impact on the success of tunnel construction. Various methods such as Q-systems and rock mass rating (RMR) have been used to estimate the condition of jointed rock mass in fields. However, the evaluation of rock mass characteristics can diverge because of the subjective views of observers. Many researchers that work on the relationship between rock mass classification methods and its physical variables have tried to solve this problem; nevertheless, the accuracy of their studies has become a subject of controversy. Thus, in this study, we tried to evaluate rock mass classification in terms of RMR from the electrical resistivity that is readily affected by the characteristics of jointed rock mass. The relationship between the RMR parameters and the electrical resistivity was deducted using the formula of electrical resistivity analyzed for jointed rock mass. The correlation analyses were performed based on real data (4,689 sets) in order to obtain the degree of correlation among RMR parameters. The results show that some parameters are strongly correlated while other parameters are not. Stochastic analyses show that the theoretical relationship between RMR value and electrical resistivity can be improved by probabilistically removing the irrelevant (low possibility) relation among RMR parameters. Finally, a field test was performed to verify the suggested probabilistic RMR estimation using electrical resistivity.


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    Title :

    Probabilistic Rock Mass Rating Estimation Using Electrical Resistivity


    Additional title:

    KSCE J Civ Eng


    Contributors:

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    Publication date :

    2020-07-01


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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