Identifying crack initiation and propagation thresholds in brittle rock

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 222-233

  Eberhardt, E ^a,e   Stead, D ^b   Stimpson, B ^c   Read, R S ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Crack initiation; Crack propagation; Rock failure; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRAIN GAGES; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

ROCK MASS STRENGTH;

ROCK MECHANICS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FRACTURE INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032056193     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-091     Document Type: Article

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