The effect of scale on rock fracture toughness: A fractal approach

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 683-693

  Scavia, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rocks rock mechanics; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; FRACTALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRY; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; MARBLE; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDSTONE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACES;

MULTIFRACTAL SCALING LAW; SHORT ROD TESTING;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; ROCK MECHANICS; SCALE EFFECT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030466844     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.4.683     Document Type: Article

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