A new discrete fracture modelling approach for rock masses

Geotechnique

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 757-766

  Pine, R J ^a   Owen, D R J ^b   Coggan, J S ^a   Rance, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Rockfield Software Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutive relations; Geology; Numerical modelling and analysis; Rocks rock mechanics; Statistical analysis; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORMABILITY; GEOLOGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BLOCK CAVING; CRACK MODELS; FIELD MAPPING; ROCK MASSES;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; INFINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOHR THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCK MECHANICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 36048965926     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2007.57.9.757     Document Type: Article

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