Investigations into the Shear Strength Reduction method using distinct element models
This thesis reports a detailed investigation into the use of the Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) method to determine factor of safety values in discontinuum models using the Universal Distinct Element Code. The SSR method depends on the definition of failure within the model and two different crite...
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University of British Columbia
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2492 |