Determining the minimal number of specimens for laboratory testing of rock properties

Engineering Geology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 29-51

  Gill, Denis E ^a   Corthésy, Robert ^a   Leite, Maria Helena ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Laboratory rock testing; Precision index; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ENGINEERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; PRECISION INDEX; ROCK PROPERTIES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

ROCKS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LABORATORY METHOD; ROCK MECHANICS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 14944365444     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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