Numerical simulations of failure behavior around a circular opening in a non-persistently jointed rock mass under biaxial compression

An experimental and numerical study of fracture coalescence in pre-cracked specimens under uniaxial compression

Heekwang Lee, Seokwon Jeon · International Journal of Solids and Structures · 2010 · 704 citations

Numerical Study, Engineering, Fracture Coalescence +11

The synthetic rock mass approach for jointed rock mass modelling

Diego Mas Ivars, Matthew Pierce, Caroline Darcel et al. · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2010 · 537 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering, Civil Engineering +8

Geohydromechanical processes in the Excavation Damaged Zone in crystalline rock, rock salt, and indurated and plastic clays—in the context of radioactive waste disposal

Chin‐Fu Tsang, Frédéric Bernier, Christophe Davies · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2004 · 456 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Geological Engineering, Engineering +10

Excavation-induced damage studies at the Underground Research Laboratory

J.B. Martino, N. Chandler · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2004 · 393 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Underground Infrastructure, Engineering +6

Numerical investigation of the effect of joint geometrical parameters on the mechanical properties of a non-persistent jointed rock mass under uniaxial compression

M. Bahaaddini, Glenn Sharrock, Bruce Hebblewhite · Computers and Geotechnics · 2012 · 365 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Joint Geometrical Parameters, Engineering +11