Relationship between fractal dimension of multiple microcracks and fracture energy in rocks

Geothermal Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 1-23

  Sato, Kazushi ^a   Hashida, Toshiyuki ^b   Takahashi, Hideaki ^b   Takahashi, Toru ^b   Hayashi, Kazuo ^b  

^a SENDAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Fractal dimension; Fracture; Microcrack; Network model; Rock

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRANITE; MARBLE; MICROCRACKS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTURE ENERGY; GRAIN SCALE STRENGTH DISTRIBUTION; IIDATE GRANITE; MULTIPLE CRACK DISTRIBUTIONS; NETWORK MODEL; TOHOKU MARBLE; WEIBULL FUNCTION;

ROCKS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MICROCRACK;

EID: 0032818686     PISSN: 08905363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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