Mechanical behavior of rocks under true triaxial compression conditions—a review

True Triaxial Testing of Rocks

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 99-138

  Kwasniewski M ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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DOI: 10.1201/b12705     Document Type: Chapter

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