Development of an apparatus to study the gas permeability and acoustic emission characteristics of an outburst-prone sandstone as a function of stress

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1079-1085

  Butt, S D ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; DATA REDUCTION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINING; SANDSTONE; STRESS ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

GAS PERMEABILITY; OUTBURST-PRONE SANDSTONES;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; EXCAVATION; GAS; MINING; OUTBURST; PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE; STRESS;

EID: 0033502920     PISSN: 01489062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1365-1609(99)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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