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Discrete Element Stress Modelling in the Timor Sea and Otway Basin, Australia
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, First EAGE International Conference on Fault and Top Seals - What do we know and where do we go?, Sep 2003, cp-97-00019
- ISBN: 978-90-73781-32-0
Abstract
Rock stress can only be measured at local points in space but determination of the state of stress in large rock masses is affected by heterogeneities, most significantly faults and horizon boundaries. Faults and horizon boundaries can greatly affect the magnitude and orientation of the in-situ rock stress state. The discrete element method is specifically designed to solve fracture problems.