New developments in the Integrated Stress Determination Method and their application to rock stress data at the Äspö HRL, Sweden

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-126

  Ask, Daniel ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SwedPower Co   (Sweden)

Author keywords

sp HRL; Hydraulic fracturing; ISDM; Overcoring; State of stress

Indexed keywords

CORE SAMPLES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; POISSON RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

INTEGRATED STRESS DETERMINATION METHOD (ISDM); OVERCORING; ROCK STRESS DATA;

ROCK MECHANICS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 27944507774     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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