Theoretical methods for wave propagation across jointed rock masses

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 799-809

  Perino, A ^a   Zhu, J B ^b   Li, J C ^b,c   Barla, G ^a   Zhao, J ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Displacement discontinuity method; Equivalent medium model; Rock joints; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; EQUATION OF MOTION; EQUIVALENT MEDIUM MODEL; JOINTED ROCK MASS; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIPLE WAVES; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; ROCK JOINT; ROCK JOINTS; ROCK MASS; SCATTERING MATRICES; SCATTERING MATRIX METHOD; WAVE PROPAGATION EQUATIONS;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ROCK MECHANICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ROCKS;

DISCONTINUITY; DISPLACEMENT; JOINT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 78149467469     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-010-0114-5     Document Type: Article

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