Wedge Stability Analysis

Wedge Stability Analysis is a geomechanical assessment method that identifies and evaluates the stability of discrete rock wedges formed by the intersection of discontinuities in underground excavations to determine their potential for displacement or failure.

Publications

4.7K

Citations

237

Authors

133

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Underground Opening Stability

Publications

II. On the stability of loose earth

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 1857 · 775 citations

Engineering, Mathematics, Physics +12

Stress singularities in a two-material wedge

Verena Hein, F. Erdoğan · International Journal of Fracture · 1971 · 497 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Finite Element Analysis +7

The impact of analogue material properties on the geometry, kinematics, and dynamics of convergent sand wedges

J. Lohrmann, Nina Kukowski, Jürgen Adam et al. · Journal of Structural Geology · 2003 · 349 citations

Engineering, Materials Science, Applied Mechanics +8

The wedge splitting test, a new method of performing stable fracture mechanics tests

Eugen Brühwiler, Folker H. Wittmann · Engineering Fracture Mechanics · 1990 · 300 citations

Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering +12

Benchmarking numerical models of brittle thrust wedges

Susanne Buiter, Guido Schreurs, Markus Albertz et al. · Journal of Structural Geology · 2016 · 125 citations · Full text

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +13

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Authors

237

BM
Bertrand Maillot
CY Cergy Paris Université, France
4 publications · 212 citations
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SF
S.J. Fariborz
Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
3 publications · 75 citations
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QJ
Qinghui Jiang
Wuhan University, China
3 publications · 190 citations
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MH
M. H. Kargarnovin
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
2 publications · 56 citations
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HH
Herbert H. Einstein
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
2 publications · 82 citations
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Institutions

133

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Venues

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
8 publications · 322 citations
8
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Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
7 publications · 208 citations
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Canadian Geotechnical Journal
5 publications · 191 citations
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International Journal of Solids and Structures
5 publications · 140 citations
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International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts
4 publications · 177 citations
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