Use of a stochastic approach on site investigation and material characterization

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 809-816

  Hsu, Sung Chi ^a   Nelson, Priscilla P ^b  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ROCK MECHANICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BRAZILIAN TENSILE STRENGTHS; CORRELATION DISTANCE; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ON SITE INVESTIGATIONS; RANDOM FIELD MODEL; SCALE OF FLUCTUATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC APPROACH;

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EID: 14944379274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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