Observed and simulated fracture pattern in diametrically loaded discs of rock material

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-52

  van de Steen, B ^a   Vervoort, Andre ^a   Napier, J A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Brazilian test; Displacement discontinuity method; Rock testing; Size effect; Tensile stress gradient

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRESS;

BRAZILIAN TEST; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; ROCK TESTING; TENSILE STRESS GRADIENT;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 10944225090     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-004-3177-z     Document Type: Article

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