... in Fig. 6 by considering the peak and residual shear strength parameters. The analyses showed that the slope should be stable for these failure surface configurations for both peak and residual values of the strength parameters. The observations on the failure also confirm this conclusion. A second...

...) and then the rotation matrix Rc is determined in terms of polar decomposition Rc = UFc 1 (2) where xsa is the global current configuration at a node a on an element s and Na / Xs 0 is the partial derivative of a shape function at centroid of the element. Equation (2) above leads to the transformation matrix Ts...

... of the weathered tuffs in the melange used in DFEM analyses. Figure 10. Deformed configuration of the slope for ru=0 at step 12. The stability assessment of the sliding body was carried out using the pseudo dynamic version of DFEM for circular sliding and structurally controlled failure surfaces. Thus the results...

... configuration of the arches under their own self-weight. Figure 14. Deformed configuration of the bridge for five different modes Table 4. Results of the modal analyses. Mode No Natural Frequency (Hz) Natural Period (s) 1 11.82 2 18.40 3 24.36 4 27.64 5 28.90 0.084 0.054 0.041 0.036 0.035 in order to account...

.... In contradictory, Biot et al. (1983) implied unless a critical fluid pressure is exceeded any mechanical property differences may cease fracture penetration. Using a stress analysis, Gudmundsson & Brenner (2001) predicted hydro-fractures may penetrate across the material interfaces in soft to stiff configuration...

... used to test the capacities of the MCBSuperbolts. For the direct impact loading test, the rockbolts are installed in the thick-wall steel tubes and the drop weight directly impacts the plate attached at the threaded section of the rockbolts. This is referred as the continuous-tube configuration...