The use of Brazilian test as a quantitative measure of rock weathering

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-85

  Aydin, A ^a   Basu, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Brazilian deformation index; Brazilian tensile strength; Granite; Weathering index

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANITE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

BRAZILIAN DEFORMATION INDEX; BRAZILIAN TENSILE STRENGTH; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR; WEATHERING INDEX;

ROCKS;

BRAZILIAN TEST; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WEATHERING;

EID: 31144444795     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-005-0069-0     Document Type: Article

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