geological massif, block structure, block element, contact stresses, seismic risk.

The block structure method is used to study the block structure modeling a geological massif. The state of the geological medium is described by equations of motion for a homogeneous, isotropic elastic medium in the form of a Lame. Functional and pseudo-differential equations are written out, and integral representations of the block element are obtained. The main tendencies of contact stress variation are established depending on the values of the mechanical characteristics of the material of the blocks and the geometric parameters of the structure.

Zaretskaya Marina Valerievna, Professor, Department of Mathematical Modeling, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor, Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia.