Application of Base Force Element Method on Complementary Energy Principle to Rock Mechanics Problems

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2015/292809/figures/292809.fig.0028a.svgz" name="292809.fig.0028a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>In the first cycle calculation</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2015/292809/figures/292809.fig.0028b.svgz" name="292809.fig.0028b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>In the second cycle calculation</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2015/292809/figures/292809.fig.0028c.svgz" name="292809.fig.0028c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>In the third cycle calculation</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2015/292809/figures/292809.fig.0028d.svgz" name="292809.fig.0028d" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(d) </b>In the fourth cycle calculation</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="e"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2015/292809/figures/292809.fig.0028e.svgz" name="292809.fig.0028e" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(e) </b>In the fifth cycle calculation</td></tr></table>

<div>Crack propagation path of the rock block.</div>

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Figure 28: Application of Base Force Element Method on Complementary Energy Principle to Rock Mechanics Problems 