Acoustic emission characteristics and failure of uniaxially stressed granitic rocks: The effect of rock fabric

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 255-270

  Prikryl R ^a   Lokajicek T ^b   Li, C ^c   Rudajev, V ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Energy frequency distribution; Fracture pattern; Grain size distribution; Rock fabric

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANITE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ENERGY-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE PATTERN; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRANITIC ROCKS; ROCK FABRIC; UNIAXIAL STRESS; VARIABLE MICROFABRIC;

ROCKS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; GRANITE; ROCK MECHANICS; UNIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 27344450047     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-003-0051-7     Document Type: Article

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