By the methods of microdamage theory

the relations of rock mass parameters and rock parameters in experiments were obtained; it is considered that to make the microdamage theory for determining the rock parameters possible only in condition that the crack density parameters are obtained reasonably. The methods to determine rock mass crack density have been set up through the intactness index of rock mass and elastic wave equation as well as the geological investigating statistical method

The differences of rock crack density given by these three methods were discussed; based on the statistical data

the Taylor method and generalized selfconsistent method and the Taylor medium method were compared in respect of the influence of crack interaction and the adaptability to the rock parameters . The results show that the reasonable results can be obtained by determining rock crack density from intactness index of rock mass and rock mass parameters by the Taylor medium method.