New formulation and validation of the three-dimensional extension of a static relaxation method

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 317-323

  Jiao, Y Y ^a,b   Zhao, J ^a   Ge, X R ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Extension; Jointed rocks; Static relaxation; Three dimensions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STIFFNESS;

EXTENSION; JOINTED ROCKS; STATIC RELAXATION; THREE DIMENSIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 3042818719     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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