Laboratory investigations on the mechanical properties degradation of granite under freeze-thaw cycles

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 130-138

  Tan, Xianjun ^a   Chen Weizhong, W ^a,b   Yang, Jianping ^a   Cao, Junjie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; Freeze thaw cycles; Granite

Indexed keywords

AXIAL STRAIN; BIOTITE GRANITE; COHESIVE STRENGTH; COLD REGIONS; CONFINING PRESSURES; DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS; FREEZE-THAW CYCLES; FREEZE-THAW TESTS; FRICTIONAL ANGLES; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MOHR-COULOMB STRENGTH CRITERION; NUMBER OF CYCLES; PEAK STRESS; ROCK SPECIMEN; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRICTION; GRANITE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MICA; ROCK PRESSURE;

THAWING;

COLD REGION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEGRADATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GRANITE; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 79961027509     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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