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Numerical Modeling of Wave Transmission Across Rock Masses with Nonlinear Joints

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Abbreviations

\( \sigma_{\text{n}} \) :

Normal stress

\( u_{\text{nc}} \) :

Current normal displacement

\( k_{\text{ni}} \) :

Initial normal stiffness

\( v_{\text{mi}} \) :

Maximum allowable closure

N :

Joint number

T pp :

Ratio of peak velocity of transmitted wave to that of incident wave

L :

Width of jointed rock mass

S1, S2:

Joint spacing

\( \alpha \) :

Incident angle

\( \beta \) :

Intersecting angle between two parallel joint sets

i :

Ratio of joint spacing

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We would like to acknowledge the reviewers and the editor for their valuable comments and suggestions. This paper was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51174190 and 51439008).

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    Haibo Li, Tingting Liu, Yaqun Liu, Jianchun Li, Xiang Xia & Bo Liu

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Li, H., Liu, T., Liu, Y. et al. Numerical Modeling of Wave Transmission Across Rock Masses with Nonlinear Joints. Rock Mech Rock Eng 49, 1115–1121 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-015-0766-2

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