Examination of a rock failure criterion based on circumferential tensile strain

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 551-577

  Fujii, Y ^a   Kiyama, T ^b   Ishijima, Y ^a   Kodama, J ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitsui Construction Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brittle failure; Brittle rock; Circumferential strain; Critical tensile strain; Failure criterion; Failure mechanism; Peak load; Strain; Tensile strain criterion

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; FAILURE MECHANISM; STRAIN;

EID: 0032454985     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050167     Document Type: Article

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