Detection of 3D rock block contacts by penetration edges

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

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 565-571

  Chen, Wensheng ^a,b   Zheng, Hong ^b,c   Cheng, Yungming ^d   Ge, Xiurun ^c  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

3D blocks; Contact detection; Discontinuous deformation analysis; Discrete element method; Numerical method; Penetration edge (PE); Rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EDGE DETECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONTACT DETECTION; DISCONTINUOUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; PENETRATION EDGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL BLOCKS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 2442646854     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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