Rock quality, durability and service life prediction of armourstone

Engineering Geology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 122-140

  Latham, John Paul ^a   Lienhart, David ^b   Dupray, Sebastien ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DAL Geological Services   (United States)

^c CETE   (France)

Author keywords

Abrasion resistance; Armourstone; Breakwater; Degradation model; Geomaterials; Laboratory evaluation; Performance prediction; Quarry evaluation; Riprap

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BREAKWATERS; DEGRADATION; PERFORMANCE; QUARRIES; SERVICE LIFE; WEAR RESISTANCE;

BLOCK INTEGRITY; INTRINSIC ROCK PROPERTIES; ROCK ARMOURSTONE;

ROCKS;

ABRASION; BREAKWATER; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; LABORATORY METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RIPRAP; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK PROPERTY; ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION; STRENGTH;

EID: 33748145129     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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