Slip on repository rock fractures induced by large earthquakes. Results from dynamic discrete fracture modeling

42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics - 2nd U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Falth B ^a   Hokmark H ^a   Munier, R ^b  

^a CLAY TECHNOLOGY AB   (Sweden)

^b Stockholms Kooperativa Bostadsforening   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE CRITERIA; DISCRETE FRACTURES; EARTHQUAKE FAULT; FAULT RUPTURES; INSITU STRESS; MODEL GEOMETRY; POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE; ROCK FRACTURES; SEISMIC MOMENT; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENTS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EARTHQUAKES; FUELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCK MECHANICS; SPENT FUELS; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FRACTURE;

EID: 69649099356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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