Modeling the stress-strain diagram for brittle rock loaded in compression

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-251

  Li, Song ^a   Lajtai, E Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture propagation; Lac du Bonnet granite; LEFM; Rock deformation; Rock fracture; Sliding crack model; USR fracture criterion

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE STRESS;

SLIDING CRACK MODELS;

ROCKS;

EID: 0032207027     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(98)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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