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- Title
- Dynamic Response of Jointed Rock Masses.
- File
- PB83194266.pdf
- Author(s)
- Scott, G. A.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1982, 124 p.
- Abstract
- The static behavior of clean rock joints is reviewed and it is determined that the criteria of Patton, Jaeger, Ladanyi and Archambault, and Barton are appropriate for the analysis of rock masses under static loading conditions. An analytical method for three-dimensional limit equilbrium analysis of rock mass bounded by planar discontinuities is discussed, and the means of adapting the method for computer solution are noted. The dynamic shear behavior of clean rock joints is examined and a dynamic limit equilibrium analysis, including provisions for calculating permanent displacements and accounting for dynamic material behavior, is described.
- Keywords
- Static loads; Rock properties; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; Shear strength; Theses; Computer programs; Water pressure; Rocks; Earthquakes