Key Laboratory of Geotechnical Mechanics and Engineering of Ministry of Water Resources;
Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute;
Wuhan;
China;
State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering;
Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics;
Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Wuhan;
China;
Numerical; manifold; method; (NMM); Physical; cover; Multiple; crack; propagation; Linear; independence; Nodal; stress; continuity;