The general contact problem of a disc squeezed between jaws of arbitrary curvature is consideredemploying Muskhelishvili's complex potentials. Taking advantage o
The initiation and propagation of failure in intact rock are a matter of fundamental importance in rock engineering. At low confining pressures, tensile fractur
The stability of rock slopes is considered crucial to public safety in highways passing through rock cuts, as well as to personnel and equipment safety in open