Numerical simulation of rock failure and earthquake process on mesoscopic scale

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 157, Issue 11-12, 2000, Pages 1905-1928

  Wang, Y C ^a   Yin, X C ^a   Ke, F J ^a   Xia, M F ^a   Peng, K Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Earthquake process; Lattice model; Numerical simulation; Rock failure

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAILURE MECHANISM;

EID: 0034471537     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001067     Document Type: Article

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