Experimental research on pre-cracked marble under compression

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 2505-2516

  Li, Yin Ping ^a,b,c   Chen, Long Zhu ^a   Wang, Yuan Han ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Coalescence; Marble; Secondary crack; Wing crack

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ANISOTROPY; BRITTLENESS; COALESCENCE; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

HOMOGENEITY INDEX; RESIDUAL STRENGTH COEFFICIENT; SECONDARY CRACKS; WING CRACKS;

MARBLE;

EID: 12244286785     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2004.09.033     Document Type: Article

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