Characterization of rock heterogeneity and numerical verification

Engineering Geology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 89-119

  Liu, H Y ^a   Roquete, M ^a   Kou, S Q ^a   Lindqvist, P A ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fracture process; Heterogeneity; Image analysis; Numerical modelling; Statistical modelling

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTURE PROCESS; ROCK HETEROGENEITY;

GEOLOGY;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 1342267203     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2003.06.004     Document Type: Article

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