May 2010

Shortcomings in the standard continuum based Implicit Joint model of layered rocks

Layered rock masses can be described efficiently using a continuum formulation. There are two distinctive continuum based formulations that are found in the published literatures e.g. conventional continuum formulation based models such as Ubiquitous Joint model and non conventional formulation based models such as Cosserat Continuum models. Such equivalent continuum models may provide reasonably accurate predictions...

Author(s): D. P. Adhikary