Weathering effects on the strength and deformational behaviour of crystalline rocks under uniaxial compression state

Engineering Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 257-274

  Gupta, A S ^a   Seshagiri Rao, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Deformability; India; Uniaxial compressive strength; Weathered rocks; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PETROGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; WEATHERING;

QUARTZITE; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS; WEATHERED ROCKS; WEATHERING EFFECTS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

COMPRESSION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEFORMATION; STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH; WEATHERING;

EID: 0342749343     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00090-3     Document Type: Article

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