... specimens in these and all other test series reported herein, three tests were run in each set and an average or "composite" power law creep function was fitted to the entire set of data using conventional least-squares regression analysis. Creep displacement joint creep proceedings asperity...

... considerable research has been undertaken to model the creep behaviour of intact rock, little attention has been given to the effect of creep along discontinuities. To date, most joint creep studies have been related to an investigation of earthquake mechanisms(Dieterich, 1978). As a result, most tests have...