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Coupling Taguchi and Response Surface Methodologies for the Efficient Characterization of Jointed Rocks’ Mechanical Properties

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Abbreviations

\(\gamma\) :

Bridge step angle

L :

Bridge length

JRC:

Joint roughness coefficient

\(\sigma_{\text{n}}\) :

Normal stress

β :

Joint orientation

k :

Joint persistency

d :

Spacing

e :

Aperture

\(\tau_{\text{n}}\) :

Shear strength of jointed rock

\(\sigma_{\text{cm}}\) :

Uniaxial compressive strength of jointed rock

DoE:

Design of experiments

OA:

Orthogonal array

RSM:

Response surface methodology

ANOVA:

Analysis of variance

y :

Depended variable

\(\beta_{ii} , \, \beta_{ij} , \, \beta_{i} ,{\text{ and}}\;\beta_{0}\) :

Regression coefficients

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  1. Department of Mining Engineering, Hamedan University of Technology, Hamedan, 65155-579, Iran

    Mostafa Asadizadeh

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia

    Hossein Masoumi

  3. School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Hamid Roshan

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, 8041, USA

    Ahmadreza Hedayat

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Asadizadeh, M., Masoumi, H., Roshan, H. et al. Coupling Taguchi and Response Surface Methodologies for the Efficient Characterization of Jointed Rocks’ Mechanical Properties. Rock Mech Rock Eng 52, 4807–4819 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-019-01853-1

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