Dynamic displacement of a block on an tnclined plane: Analytical, experimental and DDA results

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-167

  Tsesarsky, Michael ^a,c   Hatzor, Y H ^a   Sitar, N ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Block on incline; DDA; Numerical error; Shaking table

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

BLOCK ON INCLINE; DISCONTINOUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS (DDA); DISTINCT ELEMENT METHODS (DEM); NUMERICAL ERRORS; SHAKING TABLE;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING;

EID: 17044414999     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-004-0043-2     Document Type: Article

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