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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fournier, Mathew
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2008
Subjects:
SSR
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2492