Microcrack interaction leading to shear fracture

33rd U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, USRMS 1992

Volumn , Issue , 1992, Pages 807-816

  Lockner, David A ^a   Moore, Diane E ^a   Reches, Ze'ev ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DYNAMIC LOADS; FRACTURE; NUCLEATION; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION LOCATIONS; BRITTLE ROCKS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; MICRO-CRACK DENSITY; MICRO-CRACK INTERACTIONS; MICROCRACK PATTERNS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; SHEAR FRACTURE;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 84967867808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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