Numerical Methods in Geomechanics, Sixth Edition - Volume 2 [Hardcover]

This book contains papers, presented at the sixth International Conference on numerical methods in geomechanics held in Innsbruck in 1988, on various topics including ice mechanics, rock hydraulics, modeling of joints and infinite domains, soil structure interaction, and earth structures.Ice mechanics 1. Modelling of shallow slope creep by finite element method 2. Numerical models of idealized ice shelf flow 3. Triaxial creep properties of frozen soil and their measurement 4. A constitutive model for frozen sand 5. Ground movements by tunnel driving in the protection of frozen shells Rock hydraulics 6. Finite difference and finite element modelling of an aquifer in Cretaceous chalk 7. Free-surface tracking through non-saturated models 8. Finite element double-porosity model for deformable saturated-unsaturated fractured rock mass 9. An integral equation technique for the propagation of a vertical hydraulic fracture in a poroelastic formation 10. An analysis of hydraulic fracturing by the finite element method 11. Coupled models and free-surface seepage analysis without mesh iteration 12. Analysis of the growth and interaction of multiple-plane hydraulic fractures 13. Analysis of stress, water flow and heat transfer in fractured rocks 14. The coupled relationships between mechanical parameters and hydraulic ones of a structural surface and their application Modeling of joints, interfaces and discontinuum 15. Elastic moduli of well-jointed rock masses 16. KEM in geomechanics 17. A macro joint element for nonlinear arch dam analysis 18. Shear element techniques for tunnel design 19. A comprehensive numerical model of rock joints and its implementation in a finite element model 20. Adaptive creation of kinematical discontinuities 21. Modelling of contaminant movement through fractured or jointed media with parallel fractures 22. Numerical interpretation of borehole jack test in consideration of joint stiffness 23. A correction for sampling bias on joint orientation for l30