Fracturing around highly stressed excavations in brittle rock

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 325-331

  Kuijpers, J ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EXCAVATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROHARDNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

MACROFRACTURING; MICROFRACTURING;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0034427410     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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