Crack propagation trajectories for rocks under mixed mode I-II fracture

Engineering Geology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-97

  Al Shayea, Naser A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Crack initiation; Crack trajectories; Fracture toughness; Limestone; Mixed mode I II

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LIMESTONE;

CRACK TRAJECTORIES; LIMESTONE ROCKS;

ROCKS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; LIMESTONE;

EID: 24644494225     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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