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Rock Mass Quality Rating (RMQR) System and Its Application to the Estimation of Geomechanical Characteristics of Rock Masses

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Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 6

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In this study, a new rock mass quality system designated as Rock Mass Quality Rating (RMQR) is explained and its application to the estimation of geomechanical properties of rock masses is described. First, a brief outline of the input parameters of RMQR and their ratings are given. Then the unified formula proposed by the first author is used for estimating the rock mass properties as a function of intrinsic properties of intact rock material and they are compared with the results of the in situ tests carried out in Japan and those estimated from some other empirical relationships developed by some researchers.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Tokai University Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

    Ömer Aydan

  2. Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Resat Ulusay

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Ryukyu University, Okinawa, Japan

    N. Tokashiki

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  1. Ömer Aydan
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  2. Resat Ulusay
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Correspondence to Resat Ulusay .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Inst. for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

    Giorgio Lollino

  2. Inst. for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

    Daniele Giordan

  3. Department of Engineering Geology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Kurosch Thuro

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, USA

    Carlos Carranza-Torres

  5. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Faquan Wu

  6. Geotechnical Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Paul Marinos

  7. Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica de Obras Públicas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Carlos Delgado

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Aydan, Ö., Ulusay, R., Tokashiki, N. (2015). Rock Mass Quality Rating (RMQR) System and Its Application to the Estimation of Geomechanical Characteristics of Rock Masses. In: Lollino, G., et al. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09060-3_137

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