Stability of jointed rock masses evaluated by UDEC with an extended Saeb-Amadei constitutive law

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Geomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-244

  Souley, M ^a   Homand, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; DISCONTINUITY; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; JOINT CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; JOINTED ROCK; ROCK MASS; SAEB-AMADEI MODEL; UDEC;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS; STABILITY; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS YIELDING LAW; DISCONTINUITIES; DISCONTINUOUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; DISPLACEMENTS; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD; ELASTO PLASTIC LAW; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOUR; JOINT CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; MONOTONIC AND CYCLIC LOADING; ROCK MASSES;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0030128243     PISSN: 01489062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0148-9062(95)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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