Study of random simulation of columnar jointed rock mass and its representative elementary volume scale

Yanshilixue Yu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1202-1208

  Ning, Yu ^a   Xu, Weiya ^a   Zheng, Wentang ^a   Meng, Guotao ^a   Shi, Anchi ^b   Wu, Guanye ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b East China Investigation and Design Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Random columnar joints; Representative elementary volume (REV); Rock mechanics; Transverse isotropy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE FIXATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; POISSON RATIO; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROCK MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLUMNAR JOINTS; FRACTURE STATISTICS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; HORIZONTAL DIRECTION; IN-SITU DATA; JOINT MODELING; JOINTED ROCK MASSES; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL TESTING; POISSON; RANDOM MODELS; RANDOM SIMULATION; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME (REV); ROCK MASSES; STRONG ANISOTROPY; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; VERTICAL DIRECTIONS; VORONOI;

ROCKS;

EID: 46449133051     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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