Mechanical tests on pervasively jointed rock material: Insight into rock mass behaviour

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-266

  Ribacchi, Renato ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSION TESTING; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CARBONATE ROCK MASS; UNDERGROUND CAVERN;

LIMESTONE;

EID: 0034344393     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s006030070002     Document Type: Article

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