A microcrack damage model for brittle rocks under uniaxial compression

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-405

  Zhou, J W ^a   Xu, W Y ^b   Yang, X G ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brittle rocks; Damage mechanics; Effective elastic modulus; Fracture mechanics; Microcracks; Uniaxial compression

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE ROCKS; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DAMAGE MODEL; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTERNAL LOADS; NUOZHADU; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; ROCK DAMAGE; SOLID MATERIAL; STRESS-STRAIN; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROCKS;

MICROCRACKS;

EID: 77955425125     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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