The flattened Brazilian disc specimen used for testing elastic modulus, tensile strength and fracture toughness of brittle rocks: Analytical and numerical results

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-253

  Wang, Q Z ^a   Jia, X M ^a   Kou, S Q ^b   Zhang, Z X ^b   Lindqvist, P A ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Flattened Brazilian disc; Fracture toughness; Tensile strength; Test principle

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BRITTLE ROCKS;

ROCKS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; ROCK MECHANICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0742287770     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1365-1609(03)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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