Modeling jointed rock masses and prediction of slope stabilities by DEM

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 83-90

  Esaki, T ^a   Jiang, Y ^a   Bhattarai, T N ^a   Maeda, T ^a   Nozaki, A ^b   Mizokami, T ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE STABILITY; STIFFNESS;

DISTINCT ELEMENT METHODS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GEOLOGICAL CONTACT; JOINTED ROCK MASS; LABORATORY SHEAR TESTS; SHEAR STIFFNESS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ROCKS;

EID: 85049759140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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