Insight into some aspects of discrete element numerical methods for rock mass

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

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1639-1644

  Chen, Wen Sheng ^a   Wang, Gui Yao ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Cheng, Yung Ming ^b  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contact detection; Discrete element method; Discrete element numerical methods; Numerical method; Rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCKS;

CONTACT DETECTION; DISCRETE ELEMENT NUMERICAL METHODS; JOINTED ROCK MASS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 20444378861     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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