Assessment of rock fracture surface roughness using Riemannian statistics of linear profiles

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 940-948

  Rasouli, V ^a   Harrison, J P ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture surface roughness; Mahalanobis distance; Riemannian roughness parameter

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; VECTOR SPACES;

FRACTURE SURFACE ROUGHNESS; FRACTURE SURFACES; LINEAR PROFILES; MAHALANOBIS DISTANCES; NORMAL VECTOR; RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRY; RIEMANNIAN ROUGHNESS PARAMETER; ROCK FRACTURES; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SHEARS STRENGTH;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DISCONTINUITY; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 77955272640     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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