A new rock mass failure criterion for biaxial loading conditions

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 871-888

  Kulatilake, P H S W ^a   Park, Jinyong ^a   Malama, Bwalya ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biaxial loading; Fracture tensor; Intermediate principal stress; Rock mass failure criteria

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRITTLENESS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BIAXIAL LOADING; FAILURE CRITERIA; FRACTURE TENSOR; INTERMEDIATE PRINCIPAL STRESS; ROCK MASS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; BIAXIAL TEST; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; LOADING TEST; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747185880     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-005-7465-9     Document Type: Article

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