Numerical analysis of the effect of a fault on blast-induced wave propagation

45th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sharafisafa, M ^a   Mortazavi, A ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDDING PLANES; BLAST LOADING; BLAST WAVE PROPAGATION; BLAST WAVES; DISTINCT ELEMENT CODE; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; EXPLOSIVE ENERGY; FAULT EFFECT; FAULT PLANES; HOST ROCKS; INTACT ROCKS; JOINTED ROCK MASS; MATERIAL MODELS; MOHR-COULOMB; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLASTIC FAILURE; ROCK FAILURES; ROCK MASS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADING;

DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMICS; EXPLOSIVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ROCKS;

EID: 82555182643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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