Advances in investigation of representative elementary volume for fractured rock mass

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

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 5686-5692

  Xiang, Wen Fei ^a   Zhou, Chuang Bing ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractured rock mass; Mechanical model; Mechanical parameter; Representative elementary volume; Rock mechanics; Scale effects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FRACTURED ROCK MASS; MECHANICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL PARAMETER; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME (REV); SCALE EFFECTS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 29244456454     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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