Empirical methods to estimate the strength of jointed rock masses

Engineering Geology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 127-137

  Singh, Mahendra ^a   Rao, K Seshagiri ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Failure mode; Field modulus; Jointed rock mass; Tangent modulus; Ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DEFORMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FOUNDATIONS; MINING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FAILURE STRESSES; Q CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ROCK MASSES; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS (UCS);

ROCK MECHANICS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FOUNDATION; JOINT; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; STRENGTH;

EID: 12144260086     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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