Kinematic base shear models of rock cuts with two systems of discontinuities. The cross image to the right of the arrow is a Fischer projection. Figure a shows the naming convention for these vec t ors a n d t h eir components. Assume that the closure at any nodal point pair across a joint is proportional to the increment of normal force at the corresponding nodal points. These methods are similar to "predictor- ll corrector methods for numerical solution of differential equations Dorn and McCracken,
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