Practical estimates of tensile strength and Hoek-Brown strength parameter mi of brittle rocks

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-184

  Cai, M ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AE; Crack initiation; Crack propagation damage; Griffith's theory; Tensile strength; Uniaxial compressive strength; Volumetric strain

Indexed keywords

AE; BRITTLE FAILURES; BRITTLE ROCKS; COARSE-GRAINED; CRACK GROWTH; FINE GRAINED; GRIFFITH'S THEORY; HOEK-BROWN; PEAK STRENGTH; ROCK HETEROGENEITY; ROCK STRENGTH; STRENGTH ENVELOPE; STRENGTH PARAMETERS; STRENGTH RATIOS; STRESS CRITERION; TENSILE CRACK; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; TEST DATA; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL TENSILE STRENGTH; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACK CLOSURE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; GRIFFITH CRACKS; ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TESTING;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

BRITTLE FAILURE; COMPRESSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; HOEK-BROWN CRITERION; PARAMETERIZATION; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 77953356604     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-009-0053-1     Document Type: Article

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