Correlation between point load index and uniaxial compressive strength for different rock types

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Singh, T N ^a   Kainthola, Ashutosh ^a   Venkatesh, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Conversion coefficient; Conversion factor; Point load index (PLI); Uniaxial compressive strength (UCS)

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; CONVERSION FACTOR; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; POINT LOAD; POINT LOAD TESTS; REDUCE VARIATION; REGRESSION METHOD; ROCK SAMPLE; ROCK TYPES; STRENGTH INDEXES; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORE SAMPLES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HARD ROCK; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LOADING TEST;

EID: 84861571681     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-011-0192-z     Document Type: Article

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