Developments in the assessment of in-situ block size distributions of rock masses

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-49

  Lu, Ping ^a,b   Latham, J P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTALS;

IN-SITU BLOCK SIZE DISTRIBUTION (IBSD);

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0032670851     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s006030050042     Document Type: Article

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