A brittleness index to estimate fracture toughness

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-348

  Kahraman, S ^a   Altindag, R ^b  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0742322702     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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