Download or read book Numerical Modelling of Discrete Materials in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences written by Heinz Konietzky and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-10-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fully up-to-date volume, important new developments and applications of discrete element modelling are highlighted and brought together for presentation at the First International UDEC/3DEC Symposium.Papers covered the following key areas:* behaviour of masonry structures (walls, bridges, towers, columns)* stability and deformation of tunne