Modified PTS test and clump modeling on mixed mode crack growth in granite

Proceedings of the 41st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium - ARMA's Golden Rocks 2006 - 50 Years of Rock Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lee, J S ^a   Kemeny, J ^a   Ko, T Y ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR PARTICLE; COLUMBIA; CONFINING STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; MIXED-MODE CRACK GROWTH; MODE-II FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PUNCH-THROUGH; SHEAR CRACK; SHEAR CRACKING; SHEAR TESTS; STRENGTH ENVELOPE;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRANITE; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; PLASMA JETS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

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EID: 69149092922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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