1st Edition

Numerical Modelling of Discrete Materials in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences Proceedings of the First International UDEC/3DEC Symposium, Bochum, Germany, 29 September - 1 October 2004

Edited By Heinz Konietzky Copyright 2004
312 Pages
by CRC Press

319 Pages
by CRC Press

In this fully up-to-date volume, important new developments and applications of discrete element modelling are highlighted and brought together for presentation at the First International UDEC/3DEC Symposium. Papers covered the following key areas: * behaviour of masonry structures (walls, bridges, towers, columns) * stability and deformation of tunnels and caverns in fractured rock masses *... Read more

Preface

Organisation

Masonry Structures

Tunnels and Caverns

Mining and Waste Repositories

General Geomechanics

Rock Reinforcements

Slopes, Dams and Foundations

Author index

Biography

Heinz Konietzky