Large deformation near surface excavations and openings has been frequently simulated in
geotechnical problems. Mesh-based approaches for large-scale simulation have long been …

Understanding the strength features and failure characteristics of in-site rocks with various
natural joints is an important fundament for studying the stability of underground …

In the past, the number of CPU cores/threads was usually less than 8/16; now, the maximum
number is 128/256. As a CPU-based parallel method, OpenMP has an increasing …

This paper aims to investigate the fracture and mechanical behaviors of fissured marble
under triaxial compression. The two-dimensional models of marble with two parallel fissures …

Fracture structures commonly have negative impacts on the strength and safety of rock
mass, and various combinations of 2D and 3D flaws make the destruction procedure …

The development of analytical models to predict crack initiation and propagation in brittle
rocks under temperature effect is of great scientific and practical importance in many …

A field-enriched finite element method (FE-FEM) is proposed to simulate cracking behaviors
of brittle solids containing cracks of complex geometries. Three different coalescence types …

In this study, a numerical framework is presented for the analysis of desiccation fracturing in
variably saturated porous media. The solid phase deformation and fracturing are obtained …

Complex shapes of cracks exist in natural rock masses, however, present research has
simplified it into straight line-shaped fissures. In view of this, three-dimensional (3D) printing …

A coupled thermo-mechanical (TM) model based on the combined finite-discrete element
method (FDEM) was proposed to simulate the thermal cracking of rock and granular …