Effects of rock fabrics and environmental conditions on subcritical crack growth in rocks

American Rock Mechanics Association - 40th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, ALASKA ROCKS 2005: Rock Mechanics for Energy, Mineral and Infrastructure Development in the Northern Regions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Nara, Y ^a   Kurata, H ^a   Kaneko, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROCRACKS; ROCK MECHANICS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR;

CRACK DENSITY; CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR; CRACK VELOCITIES; DOUBLE TORSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LONG TERM STABILITY; PRE-EXISTING CRACK; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH;

MINERALS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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