Numerical study of failure mechanism of serial and parallel rock pillars

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-198

  Wang, S Y ^a   Sloan, S W ^a   Huang, M L ^b   Tang, C A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Damage; Numerical simulation; Serial and parallel

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; EXTERNAL LOADING; FAILED ROCKS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FAILURE ZONE; HOMOGENEITY INDEX; KAISER EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARALLEL SAMPLES; PILLAR INSTABILITY; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE PROCESS; ROCK FAILURE PROCESS ANALYSIS; ROCK PILLAR; ROCK SAMPLE; SERIAL AND PARALLEL; STRESS STATE; STRESS-INDUCED DAMAGE; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROCKS; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DAMAGE MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MECHANISM; HOMOGENEITY; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILLAR;

EID: 79951949665     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-010-0116-3     Document Type: Article

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