Volume 16 (2025)
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Volume 14 (2023)
Volume 13 (2022)
Volume 12 (2021)
Volume 11 (2020)
Volume 10 (2019)
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Rock Mechanics
Sensitivity Analysis of Tunnel Excavation Damage Zone in Jointed Rock Masses: A DFN-DEM Approach

Mahan Amirkhani; Mojtaba Bahaaddini; Alireza Kargar; Amin Hekmatnejad

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 02 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2025.16037.3091

Abstract
  The stability of tunnels and underground openings in jointed rock masses is significantly influenced by the development an Excavation Damage Zone (EDZ), where discontinuities alter stress distribution and the fractured propagation zone. In previous studies on EDZ, rock mass is commonly considered as ...  Read More

Rock Mechanics
Assessment of discontinuities induced overbreak by tunnel advancement using discrete fracture network (Case study: Alborz Tunnel, Iran)

Mohammad Amin HajiMohammadi; Mojtaba Bahaaddini; Mohammad Hossein Khosravi; Hassan Vandyoosefi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2025.15465.2966

Abstract
  Discontinuities are known as a primary factor in instability of tunnels and underground excavations. To prevent potential damage and overbreak by underground advancement, it is essential to provide a model, which considers both the geometrical and mechanical characteristics of discontinuities. Discrete ...  Read More

Rock Joint Micro-Scale Surface Roughness Characterisation using Photogrammetry Method

M. Bahaaddini; M. Serati; M. H. Khosravi; B. Hebblewhite

Volume 13, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 87-100

https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2022.11669.2155

Abstract
  A proper understanding of the shear behaviour of rock joints and discontinuities is yet a remaining challenge in the rock engineering research works owing to the difficulties in quantitatively describing the joint surface roughness both at the field and the laboratory scales. Several instruments and ...  Read More

Estimation of In-Situ Block Size Distribution in Jointed Rock Masses using Combined Photogrammetry and Discrete Fracture Network

M. Ghaedi Ghalini; M. Bahaaddini; M. Amiri Hossaini

Volume 13, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 175-184

https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2022.11445.2129

Abstract
  Estimation of the in-situ block size is known as a key parameter in the characterization of the mechanical properties of rock masses. As the in-situ block size cannot be measured directly, several simplified methods have been developed, where the intrinsic variability of the geometrical features of discontinuities ...  Read More

Optimal Earthmoving Fleet Size for Minimising Emissions and Cost

Seyed A.R. Kaboli; M. Bahaaddini; Seyed M. Kaboli

Volume 11, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 949-965

https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2020.9910.1918

Abstract
  Traditionally, the earthmoving operations have been developed based on the minimum cost per production criterion. Nowadays, due to the negative impacts of the emissions on the environment, there is an increasing public awareness to reduce the emissions from the earthmoving operations. Different management ...  Read More