The goal of this review paper is to provide a summary of selected discrete element and
hybrid finite–discrete element modeling techniques that have emerged in the field of rock …

The purpose of this review paper is to present the techniques, advances, problems and
likely future developments in numerical modelling for rock mechanics. Such modelling is …

Hard roof is the primary concern of strata control in underground mining. Various techniques
have been utilized to fracture the hard roof and control the failure of strata. Understanding …

The purpose of this CivilZone review paper is to present the techniques, advances,
problems and likely future development directions in numerical modelling for rock …

The voussoir beam analogue has provided a useful stability assessment tool for more than
55 years and has seen numerous improvements and revisions over the years. In this paper …

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 …

Underground coal mining leads to fracture and movement in the overburden and the
occurrence of weighting events in stopes. There are certain key strata that play an important …

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 …