Applications of fracture mechanics numerical modelling in rock engineering

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Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 53-62

  Backers, Tobias ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77956426902     PISSN: 02635046     EISSN: 13652397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1365-2397.2010008     Document Type: Article

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