Applicability of the Hoek-Brown failure criterion to New Zealand greywacke rocks

9th ISRM Congress

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 655-660

  Read, S A L ^a   Perrin, N D ^a   Richards, L R ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SANDSTONE;

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FAILURE CRITERIA; HOEK BROWN FAILURE CRITERION; JOINTED ROCK MASS; LABORATORY TESTING; ROCK MASS RATING; ROCK MASS STRENGTH; SANDSTONE STRENGTH;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 85051092069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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