@Article{icces.2007.004.129,
AUTHOR = {J. Gajdošík, M. Šejnoha, J. Zeman},
TITLE = {Homogenized response of jointed rock masses with periodic fields},
JOURNAL = {The International Conference on Computational \& Experimental Engineering and Sciences},
VOLUME = {4},
YEAR = {2007},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {129--136},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/icces/v4n2/32238},
ISSN = {1933-2815},
ABSTRACT = {Rock masses with relatively high concentration of discontinuities or joints are considered. Being aware of limitations of various averaging techniques such as the self consistent or Mori-Tanaka methods in providing reliable estimates of generally nonlinear macroscopic response of jointed rock masses, the paper introduces a notion of statistically equivalent periodic unit cell (SEPUC). Such a unit cell contains, in order to reduce the problem complexity, of the orders of magnitude less number of joints in comparison with the actual material system. In analogy with two-phase composites, the SEPUC is expected to be found in a statistical sense by matching suitable microstructure descriptors of both the actual microstructure and periodic one. A possibility of using the second order intensity function as a informative descriptor of the cracks distribution is investigated and possible improvements, although without computational support, are proposed. These will be described in the following paper.},
DOI = {10.3970/icces.2007.004.129}
}