Research Article

The Instability of High-Steep Road Cutting Slope: A 3D Continuum-Discrete Coupling Method

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The development of macroscale plastic zone and microscale cracks with time steps: (a) 1000 steps, (b) 5000 steps, (c) 10000 steps, (d) 30000 steps, and (e) 60000 steps.