| Abstract: | GJP-1 Program is used for three –dimensional elasto-static finite element analysis related to joints, which is the first stage result of three-dimensional nonlinear finite element analysis aimed at subject of rock and soil mechanics. Intact media and discontinuities are modeled by a twenty-node isoparametric finite elements and a sixteen-node isoparametric joint elements respectively, which can be subjected to nodal forces, gravity loads, uniformly or nonuniformly distributed loads acting perpendicularly or obliquely on any faces of elements properties for different elements. GJP-1 has an ability to generate and adjust meshes and to check input data autpmatically, and provides user with frotal solution and subblock triangular resolution in order to solve larger problems with medium or small computer. Several simple problems are solved with GJP-1 for illustrating and testing purposes. Comparison is made between the computational results and the theoretical solutions. |
