Indicators of critical point behavior prior to rock failure inferred from pre-failure damage

Tectonophysics

Volumn 431, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 97-111

  Lei, Xinglin ^a   Satoh, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; b value; Critical phenomena; Fractals; Microfracturing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; ROCK MECHANICS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33846491749     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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