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This chapter presents some fundamental solutions for cavity expansion in elastic materials. These elastic solutions also serve as a necessary introduction to the development of nonlinear plastic solutions which are presented in later chapters of the book.

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Yu, HS. (2000). Elastic Solutions. In: Cavity Expansion Methods in Geomechanics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9596-4_2

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