... Abstract To accomplish a reliable rock mass characterization and assess its influence on rock slopes stability in the Yaounde area, geological field work along with further data processing and analysis have been carried out; discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) being introduced to be less...

... was considered as case study. Fractures form a system of distinct, almost parallel discontinuities around the underground shaft. Finite Element simulations with joint elements (JFEM), constituting the potential fractures, were performed to reproduce their initiation and propagation in the rock. A damage cohesive...