Class No. | v | iv | iii | ii | i |
SMR value | 0 - 20 | 21 - 40 | 41 - 60 | 61 - 80 | 81 - 100 |
Rock mass description | Very bad | Bad | Normal | Good | Very good |
Stability | Completely unstable | Unstable | Partially stable | Stable | Completely stable |
Failures | Big planar or soil like circular | Planar or big wedges | Planar along some joint and many wedges | Some block failure | No failure |
Probability of failure | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 |