Fractals in Rock Mechanics (Hardcover)

1 Introduction.

2 General Properties of Fractals
2.1 Measure and dimension
2.2 Fractals and fractal dimension
2.3 How to measure fractal curves
2.4 Classical fractals
2.5 The Weierstrass function
2.6 Self-similarity and self-affinity
2.7 Measurements of fractal dimensions

3 The Perimeter-Area Relation of Fractal Sets and Fractal Surfaces
3.1 The perimeter-area relation for rains and clouds 
3.2 The fractal dimension of rivers
3.3 Fractal characters of fractured surfaces
3.4 The perimeter-area relation of the Koch Island with a finite number of generations
3.5 The degree of statistical self-similarity of fractured surfaces
3.6 The fractal surfaces

4 Random Fractals
4.1 Random Cantor sets
4.2 Random walk in one-dimension
4.3 Fractal percolation

5 Fractal Growth
5.1 Dielectric breakdown model
5.2 Viscous fingering
5.3 DLA models
5.4 Laplace fractals
5.5 Laplace fractals and fracture of materials

6 Multifractals
6.1 The Cantor set with weight distribution
6.2 The continuous spectrum of fractal dimensions
6.3 Multifractal fracture

7 Self-Inverse Fractals
7.1 Standard geometric inversion
7.2 Self-inverse sets, self-inversion fractals
7.3 Ramified self-inverse fractals with symmetry
7.4 Self-inverse fractal dust set
7.5 Fractal oscualtion, fractal envelope
7.6 The Appolonian model of liquid crystals

8 Fuzzy Fractals
8.1 Dimensions of fuzzy sets
8.2 A fuzzy fractal set, its dimension of projection and section

9 The Theory of Large Deformation and Its Application
9.1 Nonlinear geometrical field theory of mechanics
9.2 Principle of generalized dimension of Eddington
9.3 Rigid body rotation, Gibbs' formula
9.4 Local rotation, the concept of mean rotation angle
9.5 Distribution function of rotation of line segments
9.6 Local angular velocity, generalized Euler's kinematic formula for deforming body
9.7 Nonlinear analysis for large deformation of underground openings in rock

10 Damage Mechanics of Rock
10.1 Damage mechanics of brittle materials
10.2 Deformation and fracture of rock
10.3 The experiment results of damage evolution of rock
10.4 The analysis of damage mechanics of rock masses
10.5 The analysis of non-smooth deformation of rock masses
10.6 The analysis of damage mechanics of discontinuous rock masses
10.7 Dynamic damage analysis in brittle rock

11 Fractals and Fragmentation of Rock Materials
11.1 Fractal distribution of fragmentation
11.2 Renormalization group approach to fragmentation
11.3 Fractal behaviors during the process of rock rupture

12 Fractal Pores and Particles of Rocks and Soils
12.1 Fractal models of porous media
12.2 Fractal pores
12.3 Fractal particles
12.4 Fractal capillary tube model in soil water retention estimation

13 Fractal Models of Rock Micro-Fractures
13.1 A fractal model of intergranular brittle fracture
13.2 A fractal model of transgranular brittle fracture
13.3 A fractal model of the combined intergranular and transgranular fracture

14 Fractal Analysis of Rock Damage and Fracture
14.1 Fractal analysis of fracture surfaces of rock
14.2 Scaling similiarities between fracture surface, energies and a structure parameter
14.3 Fractal characters of microfracturing during creep of rock
14.4 Fractal nature on the damage evolution of rock materials
14.5 Formation of fractal cracks in a kinetic fractal model
14.6 The fractal effect of irregularity of crack branching on the fracture toughness of rock materials
14.7 Fractal effects on the crack extension rate
14.8 Fractal phenomena of roof fall caused by excavation
14.9 Fractal simulation of fracture networks in rock masses
14.10 Fractal character and mechanism of rock bursts

15 Fractal Description of the Roughness of Rock Joints
15.1 Surface roughness, deformation and strength of rock joints
15.2 Relationship between the JRC value and fractal dimension
15.3 Fractal measurement of rock joints in the laboratory and field
15.4 Broad bandwidth study of the topography of joint surfaces in rocks
15.5 A fractal model of joint profiles
15.6 Fractal geometry of the flow paths in jointed rocks

16 Fractal Nature of the Cluster System
16.1 Fractal geometry in the San Andreas fault system
16.2 Fractal nature in seismology
16.3 A fractal approach to the clustering of earthquakes
16.4 A fractal model for crustal deformation
16.5 Fractal topography

References
Subject Index
Author Index