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of 15°. The fault zone is modeled by elements that have a higher deformability and
a lower strength than the elements simulating the surrounding rock mass according
to the homogeneous model.
Figure 3.29 Combination of a homogeneous rock mass with the discrete model of a fault zone
(Wittke et al. 2006)