Some factors affecting the uniaxial strength of weak sandstones

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-332

  Chen, Hongey ^a   Hu, Zer Ye ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SINOTECH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Detritus; Matrix; Taiwan; Weak sandstone

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DURABILITY; MECHANICAL WAVES; POROSITY; QUARTZ; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS); WAVE VELOCITY;

SANDSTONE;

MATRIX; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SLAKING; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH; WATER COLUMN; WEAK ROCK;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0345149208     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-003-0207-4     Document Type: Article

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