ABSTRACT
The authors performed some laboratory model experiments on faulting and various rock engineering structures subjected to thrust, normal and strike-slip faulting movements under dynamic condition. Several experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of faulting on the slopes, underground openings, bridges and its foundations, and embedded linear structures. Model experiments were carried out using breakable blocks and layers. The experiments showed that the faulting mode and discontinuity orientation have great affect on the failure mode of various structures.
