Prediction of anisotropic damage in experiments simulating mining in Witwatersrand quartzite blocks

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Geomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 659-670

  Sellers, E ^a   Scheele, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FRACTURE PATTERNS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN VECTORS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

COMPRESSION/EXTENSION; CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; FRACTURE GROWTH; MICROCRACKING; MINING SIMULATION; QUARTZITE; STRESS/STRAIN;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 0030267254     PISSN: 01489062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0148-9062(96)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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