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Rock mass is increasingly employed as the host medium for a vast array of human activities. Facilities like storage areas, wells, tunnels, underground power stations are located in a variety of rock types and under different rock mechanical conditions. Excavation stability is imperative for all such constructions, in both the short and long term.
Ove Stephansson died before publication of this work was completed.
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Shen B, Stephansson O, Rinne M (2014) Modelling rock fracturing processes. A fracture mechanics approach using FRACOD. Springer, Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-007-6903-8
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Shen, B., Stephansson, O., Rinne, M. (2020). Introduction. In: Shen, B., Stephansson, O., Rinne, M. (eds) Modelling Rock Fracturing Processes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35525-8_1
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