Observation of microcracks patterns in Westerly granite specimens stressed immediately before failure by uniaxial compressive loading

Yanshilixue Yu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2440-2448

  Chen, Youqing ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Failure process; Granite; Microcrack; Rock mechanics; Uniaxial compression

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; MECHANICS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; ROCK MECHANICS; SILICATE MINERALS;

CLEAVAGE CRACKS; CRACK DEVELOPMENTS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DIRECT IMPACTS; FAILURE PROCESS; FAULT PLANES; FINAL FAILURES; FLUORESCENT METHODS; LOADING DIRECTIONS; LONG CRACKS; MICROSCOPIC CRACKS; QUARTZ GRAINS; ULTIMATE FAILURES; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE LOADINGS;

MICROCRACKS;

EID: 58149229967     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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