Study on the dominant orientations of random fractures of fractured rock masses

Yanshilixue Yu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-245

  Chen, Jian Ping ^a   Shi, Bing Fei ^a   Wang, Qing ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dominant orientation; Method of representation; Random structure plane; Rock fractures; Rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; ROCK MECHANICS;

DOMINANT ORIENTATION; RANDOM STRUCTURE PLANE; REPRESENTATION METHOD; RIGHT HAND RULE; ROCK FRACTURES; ROCK MASSES; SCHMIDT LOWER HEMISPHERE PROJECTION;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 15944392297     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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