Numerical investigation of blasting-induced crack initiation and propagation in rocks

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 412-424

  Zhu, Zheming ^a   Mohanty, Bibhu ^b   Xie, Heping ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blasting; Crack; Dynamic fracture; Numerical model; Stress wave

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BLASTING; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS;

BLAST-INDUCED BOREHOLE BREAKDOWN; DYNAMIC FRACTURE; PRINCIPAL STRESS FAILURE CRITERION;

ROCK MECHANICS;

BLASTING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 33846324011     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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