A discrete element model to describe failure of strong rock in uniaxial compression

Granular Matter

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-364

  Ergenzinger, Christian ^a   Seifried, Robert ^a   Eberhard, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonded particles; Discrete Element Method; Granular material; Particle bond failure; Particle packing; Rock strength and failure

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE COORDINATION NUMBER; BONDED PARTICLES; COORDINATION NUMBER; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; FAILURE MODEL; FINITE SPHERES; FRACTURE PROCESS; GRANULAR SOLIDS; ISOTROPIC SPHERES; PARTICLE MODEL; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICLE PACKING; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE; ROCK FAILURES; ROCK STRENGTH AND FAILURE; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; PACKING; ROCKS; SPHERES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79958113684     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-010-0230-7     Document Type: Article

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