A brief history of the development of the Hoek-Brown failure criterion

Soils and Rocks

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-92

  Hoek, Evert ^a   Marinos, Paul ^b  

^a National Technical University of Athens ^*

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bieniawski's RMR; Geological strength index; Hoek Brown failure criterion; Rock strength

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); EARTH SCIENCES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; EXCAVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

BIENIAWSKI'S RMR; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL STRENGTH INDEX; GEOLOGICAL STRENGTH INDEX GSI); HOEK-BROWN CRITERION; HOEK-BROWN FAILURE; HOEK-BROWN FAILURE CRITERION; NEW APPLICATIONS; ROCK STRENGTH; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 49249109603     PISSN: 19809743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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