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Publications tagged with [brittle cracks]
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<p>This chapter summarizes experimental observations and related theoretical developments of faulted and intact rock properties related to earthquake mucleation, failure and dynamic slip.</p>
Filed under:
Earthquake Engineering -
Seismology & Earthquakes
Reference:
International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, pp. 505-537
Falk M. L.
,
Needleman A.
et al.
The calculations reported here illustrate that simulations of crack branching with cohesive surfaces between all elements are not well posed in the sense that the results continually change with mesh refinement. Introducing an additional length scale into ...
Filed under:
Rock Mechanics -
Numerical Methods
Reference:
"Jounal de Physique IV, (in press) 2001 presented at the 5th European Mechanics of Materials Conference in Delft, The Netherlands, March 5-9, 2001"
It is examined the basic mechanism of brittle failure of rock in order to gain some understanding of the underlying reasons for the behaviour patterns which are observed.
Filed under:
Rock Mechanics -
Rock Strength
Reference:
Chapter 4 in Rock Mechanics in Engineering Practice Edited by K.G. Stagg and O.C. Zienkiewicz
This thesis contains details of an investigation into the applicability of Griffith's brittle fracture theory, modified to account for the effects of crack closure in compression, to the prediction of rock fracture behaviour.
Filed under:
Rock Mechanics -
Rock Strength
Reference:
Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Cape Town.
