Research Article

Damage Mechanism and Wave Attenuation Induced by Blasting in Jointed Rock

Figure 3

Numerical model for (a) a single-jointed rock mass at different inclination angle and (b) multiple parallel joint mass at different . The value of is changed to adjust the joint inclination angles to 0°, 25°, 50°, 75°, and 90°, but in the multiple parallel joint rock mass °.
(a) Single-jointed rock mass
(b) Multiple parallel joint rock mass