Manuel Rocha Medal Recipient Rock Fracture and Collapse Under Low Confinement Conditions

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 339-381

  Diederichs, M S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrete elements; Rock fracture; Strength; Underground stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS RELAXATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

INTER-GRANULAR FRICTION; MICRO-SEISMICITY;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EXCAVATION; HARD ROCK; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS CHANGE; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0348219311     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-003-0015-y     Document Type: Article

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