Comparison of Equivalent Continuum and Discontinuum Methods in Stability Analysis of a Natural Underground Karst

Subject Areas : Engineering geology

Mahnaz Laghaei ¹ , Alireza Baghbanan ² , Masoud Torkan ³ , Siavash Norouzi ⁴ , Meysam Lak ⁵

1 - Department of Mining Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Department of Mining Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Department of Mining Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
4 - Department of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
5 - Department of Mining and Metallurgy, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

Received: 2020-08-24 Accepted : 2020-08-24 Published : 2018-06-01

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