Determination of wJd on rock exposures including wide spaced joints

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 403-413

  Sonmez, H ^a   Nefeslioglu, H A ^b   Gokceoglu, C ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Block size; Joint spacing; Weighted joint density

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FRACTURE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ROCK MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BLOCK SIZE INDEXES; ROCK MASS; VOLUMETRIC JOINT COUNT; WEIGHTED JOINT DENSITY;

ROCKS;

ROCK;

EID: 10644246913     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-004-0039-y     Document Type: Article

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