Pub Date : 2021-07-08DOI: 10.1201/9781003211389-31
Feng Jiang, Boning Li, A. Deeks
{"title":"Adaptive cracking analysis for R/C structures with object-oriented programming","authors":"Feng Jiang, Boning Li, A. Deeks","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-31","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129135907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-08DOI: 10.1201/9781003211389-32
S. Xu, P. Grasso, M. Bohlouli
{"title":"The role of ground improvement in bridging the gap between a discontinuous reality and a continuous model","authors":"S. Xu, P. Grasso, M. Bohlouli","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-32","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124985809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-08DOI: 10.1201/9781003211389-25
J. Latham, A. Munjiza, E. Rougier
{"title":"A virtual discontinua modelling workbench for geosciences","authors":"J. Latham, A. Munjiza, E. Rougier","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131083254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-08DOI: 10.1201/9781003211389-29
R. Bhasin, A. Kaynia, F. Løset
{"title":"Recent examples on the use of the distinct element approach for static and dynamic analysis of a rock slope and for predicting the performance of rock support in a tunnel","authors":"R. Bhasin, A. Kaynia, F. Løset","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-29","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"479 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114373863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-08DOI: 10.1201/9781003211389-20
Shuilin Wang, Xiating Feng, Hong Zheng
{"title":"Modelling strong discontinuties by manifold method","authors":"Shuilin Wang, Xiating Feng, Hong Zheng","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-20","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123714748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parallel, distributed and grid computing in discontinua analysis","authors":"A. Munjiza, M. Bonaparte, E. Rougier, J. Latham","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"30 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129751021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meagan Joyce Duneman, M. Maclaughlin, R. P. Donovan
{"title":"Validation of DDA block deformability under gravity loading conditions","authors":"Meagan Joyce Duneman, M. Maclaughlin, R. P. Donovan","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116984475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-08DOI: 10.1201/9781003211389-28
A. Lavrov, J. Tronvoll
{"title":"Mud loss into a single fracture during drilling of petroleum wells: modelling approach","authors":"A. Lavrov, J. Tronvoll","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-28","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123006594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-08DOI: 10.1201/9781003211389-19
Guoxin Zhang, B. Zhu, Z. Lu
{"title":"Cracking simulation of the Wuqiangxi ship lock by manifold method","authors":"Guoxin Zhang, B. Zhu, Z. Lu","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-19","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131021584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1201/9781003211389-13
M. Tsesarsky, Y. Hatzor
Layered and jointed rock masses are common in underground environments. Honest stability analysis of such rock masses requires the application of discrete element methods, since other methods of analysis are either continuous by nature (FEM), or limited to two block interaction (Voussoir model). In this paper the stability of jointed rock layers is studied using DDA. Two different configurations are studied: 1) single layer-immediate roof; 2) multi-layered roof. The influence of joint spacing and shear strength is inves- tigated and different failure modes are discussed; the kinematics and evolution of deformation are studied in depth. For a single layer configuration it is shown that stable arching is achieved when the shear resistance along joints is sufficient to inhibit inter-block shear and to induce block rotation at the abutments. For a multi- layered configuration it is found that the transition from unstable multi-layer deflection due to vertical load transfer, to stable arching is marked by reduction of differential deflections and homogenization of displace- ment within the stack of layers. The numeric solution is compared with the semi-analytical Voussoir solution, which for the given rock mass structure and mechanical properties, is found to be un-conservative.
{"title":"Deformation and kinematics of vertically jointed rock layers in underground openings","authors":"M. Tsesarsky, Y. Hatzor","doi":"10.1201/9781003211389-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003211389-13","url":null,"abstract":"Layered and jointed rock masses are common in underground environments. Honest stability analysis of such rock masses requires the application of discrete element methods, since other methods of analysis are either continuous by nature (FEM), or limited to two block interaction (Voussoir model). In this paper the stability of jointed rock layers is studied using DDA. Two different configurations are studied: 1) single layer-immediate roof; 2) multi-layered roof. The influence of joint spacing and shear strength is inves- tigated and different failure modes are discussed; the kinematics and evolution of deformation are studied in depth. For a single layer configuration it is shown that stable arching is achieved when the shear resistance along joints is sufficient to inhibit inter-block shear and to induce block rotation at the abutments. For a multi- layered configuration it is found that the transition from unstable multi-layer deflection due to vertical load transfer, to stable arching is marked by reduction of differential deflections and homogenization of displace- ment within the stack of layers. The numeric solution is compared with the semi-analytical Voussoir solution, which for the given rock mass structure and mechanical properties, is found to be un-conservative.","PeriodicalId":223744,"journal":{"name":"Development and Application of Discontinuous Modelling for Rock Engineering","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114173783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}