The Numerical Simulation of Hard Rocks for Tunnelling Purposes at Great Depths: A Comparison between the Hybrid FDEM Method and Continuous Techniques

<div>Schematic of the Hoek–Brown criterion strength envelope and the composite strength envelope of the DISL model [<a href="/journals/ace/2018/3868716/#B16">16</a>] (modified after [<a href="/journals/ace/2018/3868716/#B17">17</a>]).</div>

Advances in Civil Engineering

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Figure 1: The Numerical Simulation of Hard Rocks for Tunnelling Purposes at Great Depths: A Comparison between the Hybrid FDEM Method and Continuous Techniques 

Figure 1 | The Numerical Simulation of Hard Rocks for Tunnelling Purposes at Great Depths: A Comparison between the Hybrid FDEM Method and Continuous Techniques 