Investigation on strength and stability of jointed rock mass using three-dimensional numerical manifold method

• Main Authors: He, L., Zhao, X. B., Zhao, Z. Y., An, Xinmei
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102383; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16818
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper proposes a numerical model for jointed rock masses within the 3-D numerical manifold method (NMM) framework equipped with a customized contact algorithm. The strength of rock sample containing a few sets of discontinuities is first investigated. The results of models with simple geometrie...