All of the chapters featured have been contributed by leading scientists in the field and focus on modelling and analysis techniques. The following topics are covered: Boundary Element Analysis for Rock Fracture; Numerical Models of Shear Crack Propagation using the Displacement Discontinuity Method; The Displacement Discontinuity Method for the Analysis of Rock Structures - a Fracture Mechanics Approach; Computationally Efficient Models for the Growth of Large Fracture Systems; Fracture, Fragmentation and Rock Blasting Models in the Combined Finite-discrete Element Method; Rock Fragmentation and Optimisation of Drilling Tools; Modelling of Microcrack Induced Damage and Poroelasticity in Brittle Rocks; Modelling of Hydraulic Fracturing of Porous Materials; A General Analysis of Transports in Fracture Networks; Transport of Colloids in Saturated Fractures; Creep Deformation and Fracture in Rock Salt; Application of the Theory of Plasticity to Analysis of Bearing Capacity Problems in Fissured Materials.
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