True triaxial stresses and the brittle fracture of rock

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 1101-1130

  Haimson, Bezalel ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Failure criterion; Rock mechanics; True triaxial stress

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 33745108779     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0065-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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