A Fractal and Numerical Simulation Coupled Study of Fracture Network during Coal Mining Excavation

This paper features a numerical study that is carried out by using discontinuous deformation method (DDA) and fractal geometry. The configurations of rock strata calculated by DDA were imported into a code that is written by using VC++ called “Fractal” to calculate the fractal dimension of the rock...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yanan Gao, Feng Gao, Man-chu Ronald Yeung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/158194