Modeling rock failure using the numerical manifold method followed by the discontinuous deformation analysis

• Main Authors: Ning, Youjun, An, Xinmei, Lü, Qing, Ma, Guowei
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98104; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12319
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A complete rock failure process usually involves opening/sliding of preexisting discontinuities as well as fracturing in intact rock bridges to form persistent failure surfaces and subsequent motions of the generated rock blocks. The recently developed numerical manifold method (NMM) has potential f...