Behavior of joints and interfaces subjected to water pressure

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-93

  Ng, K L A ^a   Small, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER;

COUPLED JOINT ELEMENT; ELASTOPLASTIC CONSTITUTIVE LAW; ROCK JOINTS; WATER PRESSURE;

ROCK MECHANICS;

DEFORMATION; INTERFACE; JOINT; WATER PRESSURE;

EID: 0030969570     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-352X(96)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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