In situ rockfall testing in New South Wales, Australia

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 84-93

  Spadari, M ^a   Giacomini, A ^a   Buzzi, O ^a   Fityus, S ^a   Giani, G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bouncing; In situ testing; Restitution coefficient; Rockfall; Rolling; Rolling coefficient

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BOUNCING; IN-SITU TESTING; MOTION PARAMETERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; RESTITUTION COEFFICIENT; ROCKFALL HAZARD; ROCKFALLS; ROLLING; ROLLING COEFFICIENT;

ROCK BURSTS;

BENCHMARKING; BLOCK ROTATION; CORRELATION; IN SITU TEST; NATURAL HAZARD; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; ROCK PROPERTY; ROCKFALL; STRONG MOTION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84855341460     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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