A micromechanical model for brittle failure of rock and its relation to crack growth observed in triaxial compression tests of granite

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-303

  Golshani, Aliakbar ^a   Okui, Yoshiaki ^a   Oda, Masanobu ^a   Takemura, Takato ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPACTION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; GRANITE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CRACK DENSITY; CRACK LENGTH; DAMAGE POINT; TRIAXIAL TESTS;

ROCKS;

EID: 30344458486     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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