(1) Brazilian Test (See Chen, C. S., Pan, E. and Amadei, B. (1998): Fracture mechanics analysis of cracked discs of anisotropic rock using the boundary element method. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. & Geomech. Abstr., 35: 195-218.)
(2) Underground Opening (See Pan, E., Chen, C. S. and Amadei, B. (1997): A BEM formulation for anisotropic half-plane problems. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 20: 185-195).
(3) Stresses in functionally graded rock/soil (inhomogeneous half space) (See Wang, C. D., Tzeng, C. S., Pan, E., Liao, J. J. (2003): Displacements and stresses due to a vertical point load in an inhomogeneous transversely isotropic half-space. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. & Geomech. Abstr., (in press).)
Effect of ratio onenon-dimensional vertical normal stress (Rocks 1, 2, 3) Effect of ratio E/E’ HHH on the non-dimensional vertical normal stress (Rocks 2, 4, 5)The elastic stiffness coefficient Cij is proportional to e-kz
Effect of ratio n/n’ HHH on the non-dimensional vertical normal stress (Rocks 2, 6, 7)