Abstract:
In order to get the equivalent cohesion
C and the friction angle
φ of the rock mass conveniently, the paper used generalized Hoek-Brown failure criterion and RMR method of rock mass quality classification to calculate the
C and
φ with the different RMR, and fit the reduction factor of
C and
φ with RMR curve. The result shows that the reduction factor of
C and
φ can be calculated according to RMR while the rock mass quality classification is fairly good. The known
C and
φ of rock was reduced to obtain the
C and
φ of the rock mass. The
C of the rock mass is positively linear related to uniaxial compressive rock strength, and the
φ of rock mass is unchanged with the different uniaxial compressive rock strength. The reduction factors of
C and
φ are unchanged with the different uniaxial compressive rock strength, only concerned with the RMR.