Numerical simulation of cumulative damage and seismic energy release during brittle rock failure - Part I: Fundamentals

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-121

  Tang, C A ^a   Kaiser, P K ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC WAVES;

BRITTLE ROCKS; SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ROCK FAILURE PROCESS ANALYSIS (RFPA);

ROCK MECHANICS;

BRITTLE ROCK; DAMAGE MECHANICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASE;

EID: 0032007056     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-9062(97)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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