Abstract: A contact algorithm to determine the aperture evolution of a rock fracture during shearing is reported. The algorithm was based on a theoretical normal closure model and semianalytical dilation model and required only the ...

Abstract: The statistical law on mechanical parameters of rock mass with size is the key to the study of the size effect. Since the existing statistical methods of the size effect only consider the continuity of the size but not the ...

Abstract: The instability of soil slopes is directly related to the shear parameters of the soil material and groundwater, which usually causes some uncertainty. In this study, a novel method, the element failure probability method ...