Generation and verification of three-dimensional network of fractured rock masses stochastic discontinuities based on digitalization

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7075-7088

  Guo, Liang ^a   Li, Xiaozhao ^a   Zhou, Yangyi ^b   Zhang, Yangsong ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beishan of Gansu province; Digitalization; Discontinuity network; Fractured rock masses; Stochastic simulation; Verification

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SEEPAGE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VERIFICATION;

CLOSE RANGE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; DIGITALIZATION; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED ROCK MASS; GANSU PROVINCE; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORIES; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84940008174     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4175-3     Document Type: Article

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