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This document discusses the application of advanced numerical models to capture complex rockmass behavior. It notes that rockmasses exhibit anisotropy and heterogeneity due to features like bedding planes and joints. While discontinuum models can explicitly represent large-scale discontinuities, small-scale structures require continuum models. The document presents a methodology using a ubiquitous joint model to calibrate continuum properties based on discontinuum simulations and laboratory testing. It then
- Author
- Ioannis Vazaios
- Language
- EN