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By
Lanru Jing, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Ove Stephansson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Developments in Geotechnical Engineering, 85
Description
This book presents some fundamental concepts behind the basic theories and tools of discrete element methods (DEM), its historical development,
and its wide scope of applications in geology, geophysics and rock engineering. Unlike almost all books available on the general subject
of DEM, this book includes coverage of both explicit and implicit DEM approaches, namely the Distinct Element Methods and Discontinuous
Deformation Analysis (DDA) for both rigid and deformable blocks and particle systems, and also the Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) approach
for fluid flow and solute transport simulations. The latter is actually also a discrete approach of importance for rock mechanics and
rock engineering. In addition, brief introductions to some alternative approaches are also provided, such as percolation theory and Cosserat
micromechanics equivalence to particle systems, which often appear hand-in-hand with the DEM in the literature. Fundamentals of the particle
mechanics approach using DEM for granular media is also presented.
Audience
Researchers and advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an emphasis in rock mechanics, rock physics, civil engineering, engineering
geology, environmental engineering, petroleum engineering, and nuclear waste management.
Contents
Foreword. Preface.
1. Introduction.
Part 1: Fundamentals.
2. Governing equations for motion and deformation
of block systems and heat transfer. 3. Constitutive models of rock fractures and rock masses - the basics. 4. Fluid flow and coupled
hydro-mechanical behaviour of rock fractures.
Part 2: Fracture System Characterization and Block Model Construction.
5. Basics of characterization of fracture systems - field mapping and stochastic simulations. 6. Basics of combinatorial topology for
block system representation. 7. Numerical techniques for block system construction.
Part 3: DEM approaches.
8. Explicit
discrete element method for block systems – the distinct element method. 9. Implicit Discrete Element Method for block systems – discontinuous
deformation analysis (DDA). 10. Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) method. 11. Discrete Element Methods for granular materials.
Part
4: Application Studies.
12. Case studies of Discrete Element Methods in geology, geophysics and rock engineering.
Appendix.
Subject Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 562 pages, publication date: JUL-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-82937-5
ISBN-10: 0-444-82937-7
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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