Formation of parallel joint sets and shear band/fracture networks in physical models

Tectonophysics

Volumn 581, Issue , 2012, Pages 84-92

  Jorand, C ^a   Chemenda, A I ^a   Petit, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Deformation bands; Dilation; Extension tests; Instability; Joints; Rock mechanics

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; DEFORMATION BAND; DEFORMATION LOCALIZATION; DILATION; EXTENSION TESTS; JOINT SET; MEAN STRESS; NATURAL FRACTURE; PARALLEL SETS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PLANE-STRAIN EXPERIMENT; PLANE-STRAIN TEST; SHEAR FRACTURE; SIMILAR MATERIAL;

DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MODELS; PLASMA STABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SOIL MECHANICS;

FRACTURE;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DILATION; FRACTURE NETWORK; INSTABILITY; JOINT; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR BAND; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 84870473010     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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