Triaxial equipment for measuring the permeability and strength of intact and fractured rocks

Geotechnique

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 515-521

  Indraratna, B ^a   Haque, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Failure; Laboratory equipment; Permeability; Shear strength; Soft rocks

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLOGY; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ROCKS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

SOFT ROCKS; STRESS CHANGES; TRIAXIAL DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR; TRIAXIAL EQUIPMENT; WATER INGRESS;

MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS;

COAL MINING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; PERMEABILITY; STRENGTH; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0033178346     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1999.49.4.515     Document Type: Article

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