The paper presents a description of the methods used to model rock as discontinuous
media. The objective of the work is to bring to the geomechanics community recent …

Over the last decade, researchers in the discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA)
community have dedicated a great deal of effort to document the accuracy of the method by …

The Xinmo landslide slope in Sichuan, China, was stable during the intensive Wenchuan
Earthquake in 2008 but failed on June 24, 2017. Landslide debris buried Xinmo Village and …

This study presents the run-out analysis of the Daguangbao landslides subjected to near-
fault multi-direction earthquake forces using discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA). The …

This paper studies the run-out of earthquake-induced landslides. There are more than 20
mechanical models to explain long run-out of rapid landslides including some earthquake …

Discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) is a numerical approach used to simulate the
post-failure behavior of a blocky assembly. Three available algorithms incorporate seismic …

This paper extends the discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) by using an additional
evaluation of edge-to-edge contact, with the aim that it can be used to accurately model the …

An innovative approach is presented, in which the discontinuous deformation analysis
(DDA) method is used to estimate historic ground motions by back analysis of unique …

We use the numerical, discrete element, Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) method
to study velocity-distance evolution of the catastrophic Vajont landslide using a newly …

The Chiu-fen-erh-shan landslide, estimated to have a volume of 36 million cubic meters,
was triggered by the Mw 7.6 Taiwan Chi-Chi earthquake of 1999. The debris covered an …