Numerical simulation of initiation of tensile and shear cracks

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 731-738

  Bobet, A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SAILING VESSELS;

FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; INDIRECT BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; INITIATION MODELS; PRE-EXISTING CRACK; SECONDARY CRACKS; SHEAR CRACK; STRESS SINGULARITIES; TENSILE CRACK;

CRACKS;

EID: 85052891365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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