Nail penetration test for determining the uniaxial compressive strength of rock

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Kayabali, Kamil ^a   Selcuk, Levent ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intact rock strength; Nail penetration test; Point load test; Schmidt hammer; Uniaxial compression test

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HAMMERS; ROCKS;

INTACT ROCK STRENGTH; INTACT ROCKS; NAIL PENETRATION; NAIL PENETRATION TEST; PENETRATION TEST; POINT LOAD TESTS; ROCK STRENGTH; SCHMIDT; SCHMIDT HAMMER; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

LIME;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; LOADING TEST; PENETRATION TEST; ROCK BLOCK; ROCK MECHANICS; UNIAXIAL TEST; WEAK ROCK;

EID: 76349124880     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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