简介:RigidFiniteElementMethod(RFEM)wasproposedtosimulatethemechanicalbehaviorofdiscontinuousstructuressuchasrockandsoilstructures.Theauthors’workonthetheoryandapplicationsofRFEMissummarizedinthispaper.BasedonthetheoryofRFEM,theElasticBody-SeamsModel(EBSM)isproposedtotakethedeformationanddamageofrockmassesintoaccount.