Creeping damage around an opening in rock-like material containing non-persistent joints

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 69, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2015-2027

  Wong, R H C ^a   Lin, P ^b   Tang, C A ^b   Chau, K T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Creeping failure; Deformation; Disturbed zone; Stand up time; Stress ratio

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; DRILLING; EXCAVATION; PLASTER; ROCKS;

STRESS RATIO;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CREEP; FAILURE MECHANISM; FRACTURE MECHANICS; JOINT;

EID: 0036738011     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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