On the calibration and verification of Voronoi-based discontinuous deformation analysis for modeling rock fracture

Since its introduction, discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) has been widely used in different areas of rock mechanics. By dividing large blocks into subblocks and introducing artificial joints, DDA can be applied to rock fracture simulation. However, parameter calibration, a fundamental issue i...

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Main Authors: Kaiyu Zhang, Feng Liu, Kaiwen Xia, Ying Xu, Peng Dong, Changyi Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775523000513