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摘要
Faults, joints and fractures are widely distributed in rock masses, and these discontinuities of existence and development have a significant effect on the whole strength, deformation and stability of rock mass. Thus, studying the evolvement of initiation, propagation and coalescence of primary flaws is of significance in theory and practice for estimating the safety and reliability of rock engineering. The extended finite element method (XFEM) is a numerical method for modelling discontinuities within the classical finite element framework. Since the computation mesh in XFEM is independent of the discontinuities, re-meshing for moving discontinuities can be overcome. Owing to the unique advantage for fracture analysis, XFEM has been employed to simulate hydraulic fracture and crack propagation of rock mass. The basic theory of XFEM and its application in simulating crack propagation are studied in detail. The numerical model of solving the frictional contact problem and hydraulic fracture propagation is developed. The calculation model is used to solve some geotechnical problems, such as deformation and failure of jointed rock slopes and modelling fracture propagation of gravity dam foundations.
