Investigation of a limestone pillar failure part 1: Geology, laboratory testing and numerical modeling

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 167-186

  Alber, M ^a   Heiland, J ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; LIMESTONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

HOEK-BROWN STRENGTH CRITERION; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0035416979     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s006030170007     Document Type: Article

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