Practical determination of mechanical design parameters of intact rock considering scale effect

Engineering Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 173-186

  Yoshinaka, R ^a,b   Osada, M ^a   Park, H ^a   Sasaki, T ^b   Sasaki, K ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Intact rock; Practical parameter; Scale effect; Strength

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

INTACT ROCK; MECHANICAL DESIGN; ROCK MASSES; ROCK PROPERTIES; SCALE EFFECT;

ROCKS;

DEFORMATION; DESIGN; DISCONTINUITY; ELASTIC MODULUS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; STRENGTH;

EID: 38349121877     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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