Publication year: 2012 Source: Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 39, January 2012, Pages 8-16 S.Y. Wang, S.W. Sloan, D.C. Sheng, C.A. Tang Damage and fracture propagation around underground excavations are important issues in rock engineering. The analysis of quasi-brittle materials can be performed using constitutive laws based upon damage mechanics. The finite element code RFPA2D (Rock Failure Process Analysis) based on damage mechanics was used to simulate a loading-type failure process around an underground excavation (model tunnel) in brittle rock
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Numerical analysis of the failure process around a circular opening in rock