Characterization of micro and macro cracks in rocks by acoustic emission

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1353, 1999, Pages 141-155

  Nagaraja Rao, G M ^a   Murthy, C R L ^b   Raju, N M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ROCK MECHANICS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROCRACKS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

MACROCRACKS; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 0342756930     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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