Application of a mesh-free continuum method for simulation of rock caving processes

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 703-711

  Karekal, Shivakumar ^a   Das, Raj ^b   Mosse, Luke ^c   Cleary, Paul W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Leap Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Block caving; Caving; Coupled SPH FEM; Longwall caving; Mesh free method; SPH

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MESH GENERATION; YIELD STRESS;

BLOCK CAVING; CAVING; COUPLED SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMIC-FEM; LONGWALL CAVING; LONGWALLS; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MESHFREE; MESHFREE METHODS; SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS;

ROCKS;

CAVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; LONGWALL MINING; NUMERICAL METHOD; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 79959363016     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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