The modified block punch index test

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 991-1001

  Ulusay, Resat ^a   Gokceoglu, Candan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Block punch index; Rock mass classification; Size correction; Strength anisotropy transformation factor; Uniaxial compressive strength

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BLOCK PUNCH INDEX TESTS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; STRENGTH ANISOTROPY TRANSFORMATION FACTOR;

ROCKS;

BLOCK PUNCH INDEX; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; STRENGTH;

EID: 0031393022     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-049     Document Type: Article

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