Discontinuum approach

Table 1(b). Discontinuum approach fornumerical simulation of blasting... 

Numerical simulation of rock fracturing by blasting is approached by two broad methodologies, namely, continuum approach and discontinuum approach. The continuum approach assumes continuity with the fractures representation, while individual cracks are tracked in the discontinuum approach. The primary aim of the continuum approach is to estimate the extent of the weakening in the material around the source they do not characterize the very local fracture growths. 

Dierks, W. (1990). An approach to the educational problem of introducing the discontinuum concept in secondary chemistry teaching and an attempted solution. In P. L. Lijnse, P. Licht, W. de Vos, and A. J. Waarlo (Eds.), Relating... 

There are situations where the assumptions of proportionality of the absorption coefficients and constancy of remission coefficient are reasonable. If the fraction of light absorbed by a single particle is small, the assumptions are good. In order to describe other situations, it is desirable to use an approach that does not suffer from the complexities of coefficients referred to above. In the following examples, we will illustrate the use of the approach of discontinuum theory as embodied in the representative layer theory. 

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