Relationship between the equotip rebound value and unconfined compressive strength of intact rock samples

Chikei/Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-276

  Aoki, Hisashi ^a   Matsukura, Yukinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equotip hardness tester; Intact rock samples; Rock hardness; Unconfined compressive strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; INSTRUMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; ROCK PROPERTY;

EID: 4344594164     PISSN: 03891755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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