Multifractal characterization of rock fracture surfaces

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-27

  Xie, Heping ^a   Wang, Jin An ^b   Kwasniewski M A ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b School of Huazhong   (China)

^c SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MULTIFRACTAL CHARACTERIZATION; PROJECTIVE COVERING METHOD (PCM);

ROCK MECHANICS;

FAILURE MECHANISM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0033065773     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-9062(98)00172-7     Document Type: Article

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