Technical note: Experimental studies on the mechanical behaviour of two thermal cracked marbles

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-66

  Ferrero, Anna Marie ^a   Marini, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEATING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CRACK DENSITY; ROCK VOLUME;

MARBLE;

EID: 0035004080     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s006030170026     Document Type: Article

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