Nonlinear viscoelastic medium equivalence for stress wave propagation in a jointed rock mass

• Main Authors: Li, J. C., Fan, Lifeng, Ma, Guowei
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96787; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11612
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A nonlinear viscoelastic equivalent medium model is proposed for longitudinal stress wave propagation in a rock mass that contains equally spaced parallel joints. The joint deformation is assumed to satisfy the nonlinear Bandis–Barton (B–B) deformational model. By the simplification of the nonlinear...