Coalescence of multiple flaws in uniaxial compression

4th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 1203-1210

  Sagong, M ^a   Bobet, A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; ROCK MECHANICS;

COALESCENCE STRESS; CRACK PATTERNS; GEOMETRY FACTORS; SHEAR CRACK; STRONG DEPENDENCES; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

CRACKS;

EID: 2142674554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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