A novel damaged-based numerical manifold method to simulate the failure process of brittle rocks from damage evolution to crack initiation, propagation and coalescence
Cao Yongsheng, Qinglei Yu, Zhou Guang-lei, Yu Xianyang, Xiaodong Xu, Kai Liu
Topics & Concepts
Weibull distributionCoalescence (physics)Fracture mechanicsBrittlenessMechanicsMesoscopic physicsComputer simulationMaterials scienceGeologyDamage mechanicsNonlinear systemStructural engineeringComposite materialFinite element methodPhysicsMathematicsEngineeringQuantum mechanicsStatisticsAstrobiologyRock Mechanics and ModelingLandslides and related hazardsNumerical methods in engineering