Numerical simulation of fracture propagation of anisotropic rock-like materials

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

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 570-574

  Zhang, De Hai ^a   Zhu, Fu Sheng ^a   Xing, Ji Bo ^b   Yang, Shun Cun ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropic materials; Beam particle model; Fracture process; Numerical simulation; Rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE;

ANISOTROPIC ROCK-LIKE MATERIALS; BEAM-PARTICLE MODEL; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); FRACTURE PROCESS SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 16644374461     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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