Discontinuous deformation analysis with distributed bond for the modelling of rock deformation and failure

Fracture and fragmentation of rock under various loadings or in multi-field conditions are important topics in many rock engineering scenarios. Numerical tools are commonly applied to evaluate the rock deformation and progressive failure process, while the accuracy and efficiency of the analysis are closely related to the applied fracture models. In this paper, an improved discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) program with the distributed...