Numerical analysis for progressive failure of cracked and jointed rock masses.

Stability and Run-out Analysis of Earthquake-induced Landslides

“…Some applications of RBSM and DEM can be found in some literature (e.g. [8,52,77,79,80,85121,127128,129,130,131,136,182]). DDA is also a discontinuous method developed for the modeling of the behaviors of multiple block systems.…”

Hydro-mechanical network modelling of porous geomaterials

“…Kawai (1980) integrated RBSM in the Finite Element Method (FEM) for modelling inelastic structural behaviour of rock masses (consisting of rock blocks). Thereafter, Hamajima et al (1985) used this approach to model rock behaviour of both intact and fractured material. Different material laws for the physical discontinuities and the intact regions were used by Hamajima et al (1985) to capture different local behaviour.…”

“…Thereafter, Hamajima et al (1985) used this approach to model rock behaviour of both intact and fractured material. Different material laws for the physical discontinuities and the intact regions were used by Hamajima et al (1985) to capture different local behaviour. Mesh dependency was investigated and analyses were found to be in agreement with experimental results in biaxial and uniaxial compression.…”