Analysis of crack path for subcritical crack growth in rocks

Impact of Human Activity on the Geological Environment - Proceedings of the International Symposium of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, Eurock 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 405-411

  Nara, Y ^a   Yoneda, T ^a   Kaneko, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK FRONTS; CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR; CRACK PATHS; ELECTRON PROBE MICRO ANALYZER; KEY FACTORS; LONG TERM STABILITY; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; PRE-EXISTING CRACK; ROCK FABRICS; ROCK MASS; ROCK SPECIMEN; SPECTRUM METHOD; STRESS LEVELS; STRESS-INDUCED; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH; THIN SECTION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ANISOTROPY; CRACK TIPS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GRANITE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

CRACKS;

EID: 84856889352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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