Practical Use of the Ubiquitous-Joint Constitutive Model for the Simulation of Anisotropic Rock Masses

Anisotropic rock masses, the behavior of which is dominated by closely spaced planes of weakness, present particular difficulties in rock engineering analyses. The orientation of discontinuities relative to an excavation face has a significant influence on the behavioral response. At the present time, discontinuum modeling techniques provide the most rigorous analyses of the deformation and failure processes of anisotropic rock masses. However,...