Micromechanical model of rough contact between rock blocks with application to wave propagation

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1109-1128

  Misra, Anil ^a   Marangos, Orestes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective stiffness; Micromechanics; Rock joint; Rough contact; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS; MICROMECHANICS; ROCK JOINT; ROUGH CONTACT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ROCKS;

AMPLITUDE; JOINT; MICROMECHANICS; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; ROCK BLOCK; STIFFNESS; STRESS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 53749105295     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-008-0050-x     Document Type: Article

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