Flow analysis of jointed rock masses based on excavation-induced transmissivity change of rough joints

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 959-974

  Kim, Hyung Mok ^a   Inoue, Junya ^a   Horii, Hideyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

A single joint; Discrete network model; EDZ; Excavation induced; Jointed rock mass; Transmissivity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; MINING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GEOMETRIC ROUGHNESS; ROCK MASS; SHEAR DISPLACEMENTS; TRANSMISSIVITY;

ROCK MECHANICS;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 3242736806     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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