Formation Micro Imager (FMI) can directly reflect changes of wall stratum and rock structures. It is also an important method to divide stratum and identify lithology. However, people usually deal with FMI images manually, which is extremely inefficient and may incur heavy burdens in practice. In this paper, with characteristics of rock structures from FMI images, we develop an efficient and in...

three-dimensional surface geometry of rock discontinuities and its evolution with shearing are of great importance in understanding the deformability and hydro-mechanical behavior of rock masses. in the present research, surfaces of three natural rock fractures were digitized and studied before and after the direct shear test. the variography analysis of the surfaces indicated a strong non-line...

We study the structural instability mechanism and effect of a multi-echelon support in very-deep roadways. We conduct a scale model test for analysing the structural failure mechanism and the effect of multi-echelon support of roadways under high horizontal stress. Mechanical bearing structures are classified according to their secondary stress distribution and the strength degradation of the s...

This paper presents an overview of the plate load techniques that are employed in the assessment of the in situ deformability characteristics of rock masses and the theoretical procedures that can be used to estimate the deformability of the rock mass.