Rock mass

Build your own rock mass in our 2D interface !

 

 

 

 

 

Features

 

Build your own rock mass using the following features:

 

  • determination of unlimited number of rock lithologies
  • determination of essential geomechanical parameters for each rock lithology
  • user-defined 2D rock lithology with depth, following the computational grid
  • user-defined rock lithology per 2D vertical profile
  • generation and verification by user-friendly 2D visual interface

Geomechanical parameters

 

Based on the available geological data, determine essential geomechanical parameters for each rock lithology:

 

  • UCS strength
  • RQD values
  • Density
  • Joint set number
  • Joint friction angle
  • Rock block dimensions
  • Persistence of joint network
  • Length and shape of rock joints
  • Joint angle with horizontal
  • Etc.

 

Parallelepiped rock blocks

 

The 2D_BASE version of the software only deals with parallelepiped rock blocks, having one face more or less parallel to the water-rock interface. Nevertheless, the following degrees of freedom are offered to the user:

  • user-defined block height and block side-length
  • user-defined angle of rock block with the horizontal
  • user-defined protrusion of block with its surroundings
  • user-defined friction angle of joints