Modeling of crack initiation, propagation and coalescence in uniaxial compression

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-139

  Vásárhelyi, Balázs ^a,c   Bobet, Antonio ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Geotechnical Engineering ^*  (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRACK COALESCENCE;

GYPSUM;

EID: 17744418879     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s006030050038     Document Type: Article

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