Effects of grain size on the initiation and propagation thresholds of stress-induced brittle fractures

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-99

  Eberhardt, Erik ^a   Stimpson, B ^b   Stead, D ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN GAGES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; INTERGRANULAR CRACKS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0033249208     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s006030050026     Document Type: Article

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