Influence of geometrical distribution of rock joints on deformational behavior of underground opening

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 485-491

  Jiang, Yujing ^a,c   Tanabashi, Yosihiko ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Xiao, Jun ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Box fractal dimension; Deformation; DEM; Discontinuity geometry; Image processing; Underground structure

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCKS;

BOX FRACTAL DIMENSION; DISCONTINUITY GEOMETRY; DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD (DEM);

UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCKS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; JOINT; TUNNEL;

EID: 33645134713     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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