Distinctive and fuzzy failure probability analysis of an anisotropic rock mass to explosion load

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 767-786

  Wu, Chengqing ^a   Hao, Hong ^b   Zhou, Yingxin ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Blasting; Damage; Fuzzy; Probability; Reliability; Rock mass

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUZZY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FUZZY FAILURE PROBABILITY ANALYSIS;

TENSILE TESTING;

EXPLOSION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; ROCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037423613     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.588     Document Type: Article

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