Digital image based approach for three-dimensional mechanical analysis of heterogeneous rocks

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-168

  Chen, S ^a   Yue, Z Q ^a   Tham, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Digital image processing; Failure prediction; Finite difference method; Heterogeneous materials; Numerical simulation; Rock

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; EXTRAPOLATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE SOFTWARE; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; ITERATIVE MILLING; MATERIAL SURFACE;

ROCKS;

BRAZILIAN TEST; COMPOSITE; CRACK PROPAGATION; DIGITAL IMAGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LOADING TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34047122765     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-006-0105-8     Document Type: Article

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