Models to predict the uniaxial compressive strength and the modulus of elasticity for Ankara Agglomerate

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 717-729

  Sonmez, H ^a   Tuncay, E ^a   Gokceoglu, C ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankara Agglomerate; Bimrocks; Fuzzy logic; Modulus of elasticity; Regression; Uniaxial compressive strength

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

BLOCK-IN-MATRIX ROCKS (BIMROCKS); ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS); UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (UCS);

ROCK MECHANICS;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH;

EID: 3042636949     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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