Investigation of the effect of in-situ stresses and loading rate on blasting induced fracture propagation

46th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2012

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 2697-2707

  Aliabadian, Z ^a   Sharafisafa, M ^a   Mortazavi, A ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT CRACKS; APPLIED PRESSURE; BLAST DESIGN; BLAST LOADING; CONTROLLABLE PARAMETERS; CRACK ARREST; CRACK EXTENSION; DISTINCT ELEMENT CODE; EFFECT OF IN; EFFECT OF STRESS; EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES; EXTERNAL FACTORS; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE PATTERN; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; FRACTURE ZONE; INSITU STRESS; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; LOADING RATE; MAIN STRESS; MATERIAL MODELS; RADIAL CRACKS; RATE INCREASE; ROCK BLASTING; ROCK FAILURES; ROCK MASS; ROCK PROPERTIES;

BLASTING; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; EXPLOSIVES; FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

LOADING;

EID: 84873258589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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