A new approach to numerical method of modelling geological processes and rock engineering problems - continuum to discontinuum and linearity to nonlinearity

Engineering Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 207-214

  Tang, C A ^a   Yang, W T ^a   Fu, Y F ^a   Xu, X H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCK BURSTS; STABILITY; TECTONICS;

GEOMECHANICS; ROCK ENGINEERING; ROCK FAILURE PROCESS ANALYSIS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FAILURE MECHANISM; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 0032473792     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(97)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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