Photoelastic study on the mechanical properties of fractal rock joints

Fractals

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-531

  Xie, Heping ^a   Xie, Weihong ^b   Zhao, Peng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XUZHOU AIR FORCE COLLEGE   (China)

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EID: 3142630545     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X96000637     Document Type: Article

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