A new model for normal deformation of single fractures under compressive loading

Gulf Rocks 2004 - 6th North America Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kulatilake, P H S W ^a   Malama, B ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; COMPRESSIVE LOADING; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; HERTZIAN-CONTACT THEORY; HYPERBOLIC MODELS; INITIAL NORMAL STIFFNESS; NORMAL DEFORMATIONS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85055133491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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