Determination of fracture toughness of anisotropic rocks by boundary element method

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-538

  Ke, C C ^a   Chen, C S ^a   Tu, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic marble; Boundary Element Method (BEM); Brazilian test; Fracture toughness; Stress Intensity Factor (SIF)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; FRACTURE; MARBLE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

ANISOTROPIC MARBLE; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD (BEM); BRAZILIAN TEST; MODE II; STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR (SIF);

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRAZILIAN TEST; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FOLIATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOADING TEST; MARBLE; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUALIEN; TAIWAN;

EID: 50849107367     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-005-0089-9     Document Type: Article

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