A coupled method to study blast wave propagation in fractured rock masses and estimate unknown properties

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-142

  Babanouri, Nima ^a   Mansouri, Hamid ^a   Nasab, Saeed Karimi ^a   Bahaadini, Mojtaba ^b  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Blast wave propagation; Fractured rock mass; Linear superposition method; Simulated annealing; Three dimensional discrete element method

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; BLAST WAVE PROPAGATION; FRACTURED ROCK MASS; LINEAR SUPERPOSITIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IRON ORES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMOLOGY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY CONTROL;

ROCKS;

ALGORITHM; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SIMULATED ANNEALING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VIBRATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84871718305     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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