Abstract
In rock masses, discontinuities of faults, joints, etc. exist and exert large influences on the mechanical property of rock masses. In the coupled problems of heat transfer, seepage flow and stress in discontinuous rock masses, analysis was made in this study, on the stress balance using the modified virtual displacement method and on the mass conservation and energy conservation laws using the integrated finite difference method. And it was made in consideration of the effective stress and the change of rock porosity and fluid properties. This paper describes a new numerical method and the simulation of the consolidation.
