Multi-crack coalesence in rock-like material under uniaxial and biaxial loading

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn , Issue 187 PART 2, 2000, Pages 809-814

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

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crack Coalescence; Failure Pattern; Multi Crack; Peak Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037536568     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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