Box fractal dimension and the first invariant of fracture tensor of fracture networks as measures of statistical homogeneity of jointed rock masses

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1779-1786

  Kulatilake, Pinnaduwa H S W ^a   Fiedler, Reno ^a   Panda, Bibhuti B ^a   Pan, Gang ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; TENSORS;

BOX-COUNTING METHOD; FIRST INVARIANTS; FRACTAL DIMENSIONS (D); FRACTURE NETWORK; INPUT PARAMETER; JOINT DENSITIES; JOINTED ROCK MASS; STATISTICAL HOMOGENEITY;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 85054922357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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