Stochastic and Centrifuge Modelling of Jointed Rock

Abstract

This Executive Summary presents the major results in the three research areas: Fracturing of Jointed Rock, Centrifuge Testing of Jointed Rock and Stochastic Modelling of Jointed Rock. A separate volume of this final report is devoted to each of these research areas, namely, Volume I: 'Fracturing of Fractured Rock', Volume II: 'Centrifuge Modelling of Jointed Rock', Volume III, 'Stochastic and Topological Fracture Geometry Model'. Research in area I resulted in the discovery of a new fracture coalescence mode and in an analytical model for this. Research in area II led to a more accurate recognition of arching and to an appropriate predictive model; it also showed to which extent centrifuge modelling can be applied to discontinue. Finally, research in area III led to a stochastic fracture geometry model which can accurately represent actual fracture trace geometries and the sequential genesis of fractures; this model was incorporated in a new topological slope stability model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1990
Accession Number
ADA232424

Entities

People

  • Daniele Veneziano
  • Gerald Iglesia
  • Herbert H. Einstein
  • Jun-suk Lee
  • Olivia Reyes
  • Robert V. Whitman
  • Victor D. Li

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Centrifuges
  • Civil Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Geometry
  • Granular Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Models
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Slope
  • Slope Stability
  • Tensile Stress

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Geotechnical Engineering.