On tension failure of 2-D rock specimens and associated acoustic emission

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Tham, L G ^a   Liu, H ^a   Tang, C A ^b   Lee, P K K ^a   Tsui, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Fracture; Numerical simulation; Rock Weibull; Tension failure

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ALGORITHMS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; GRANITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSILE STRESS;

2-D ROCK SPECIMENS; ROCK WEIBULL; TENSION FAILURE; TEST DATA;

ROCKS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; ALGORITHM; FAILURE MECHANISM; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GRANITE; MARBLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 12344294404     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-004-0031-6     Document Type: Article

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