%0 Thesis %A WANG, YINGNAN %D 2020 %T Modelling rock fractures using SPH with an embedded fracture process zone %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Modelling_rock_fractures_using_SPH_with_an_embedded_fracture_process_zone/11900631 %R 10.26180/5e55e21898153 %2 https://bridges.monash.edu/ndownloader/files/21824859 %K Rock fracture %K SPH %K Cohesive fracture law %K Civil Geotechnical Engineering %X This research is aimed to develop an advanced computational framework that includes intrinsic spatial and temporal scales. In this computational framework, a new continuum-based constitutive model with embedded discontinuity is developed and then incorporated into the mesh-free smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method, capable of handling problems involving complex fracture networks. %I Monash University