Enhancing rock stress understanding through numerical analysis

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 1089-1097

  Hart, R ^a  

^a ITASCA CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; GEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES;

ROCKS;

IN SITU STRESS; NUMERICAL METHOD; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0142199292     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1365-1609(03)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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