Development of the fundamental BEM solution for half space-near surface excavations
Abstract
The present paper has adopted the Mindlin solution and Melan solution for the plane strain case and then applied these to the use of a two dimensional boundary element formulation using direct integration for a constant stress element. The results are compared with those of the Kelvm solution to the same problem using the same element approximation. It is the purpose of the paper to highlight the usefulness of the Mindlin and Melan solutions for this class of problem.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Tunneling and Rock Mechanics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Computational Mechanics, Volume 2
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Pages
- 1173–1178
- Publication date
- 20 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter