the relationship between the simulated RQD values (for 12. Elmo, D., Rogers, S., Dorador, L.
S., Dorador, L., and Eberhardt, E., 2014.
different core run length) and rock mass fragmentation, and
the relationship between rock mass scale and assumed
threshold used to calculated RQD (e.g. 10cm vs. 20cm).
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank NSERC (Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada) for the
financial support provided to this research through a
Collaborative Research Development grant (Grant No.
CRDPJ-453374; Characterization of secondary
fragmentation processes using a combination of laboratory
experiments and numerical analysis). Golder Associates
kindly provided an academic license for the DFN code
(FracMan) used to carry out this work.
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