Percolation of three-dimensional fracture networks with power-law size distribution

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Mourzenko, V V ^a   Thovert, J F ^a   Adler, P M ^b  

^a LCD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE DENSITY; PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; POLYGONS; POWER LAW SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RADII DISTRIBUTION;

METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE);

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 28844435005     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.036103     Document Type: Article

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