Modelling rock fracturing and blast-induced rock mass failure via advanced discretisation within the discontinuous deformation analysis framework

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-49

  Ning, Youjun ^a,b   Yang, Jun ^b   An, Xinmei ^a   Ma, Guowei ^a,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced discretisation; Discontinuous deformation analysis; Explosion gas pressure; Rock blasting; Rock mass failure

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL JOINT; BLAST CHAMBERS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; CONTINUUM ANALYSIS; DETONATION PRESSURE; DISCONTINUOUS DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; DISCRETISATION; FRACTURE SURFACES; GAS PENETRATION; GAS PRESSURES; INTACT ROCKS; ROCK BLASTING; ROCK FAILURES; ROCK FRACTURING; ROCK MASS; ROCK MASS FAILURE; STATIC FAILURE; WHOLE PROCESS;

BLASTING; DEFORMATION; DETONATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; EXPLOSIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROCK MECHANICS;

ROCKS;

BLASTING; DEFORMATION; EQUATION OF STATE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MASS RESPONSE;

EID: 78649634423     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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