Investigating the scale effects in strength of fractured rock mass

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2377-2386

  Zengchao, Feng ^a   Yangsheng, Zhao ^a   Dong, Zhao ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTURE; ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTAL GEOMETRY; FRACTURED ROCK MASS; INTACT ROCKS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; ROCK MASS; ROCK MASS STRENGTH; SCALE EFFECTS;

ROCKS;

EID: 67649354580     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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