Development of a standard method for determining the plane strain fracture toughness of rock

A number of standard methods have been proposed to determine the Mode I plane strain fracture toughness of rock. The semi-circular bend (SCB) specimen has been widely used for fracture toughness determination of geomaterials owing to inherent favourable properties such as its simplicity, minimal req...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kuruppu, Mahinda, Funatsu, T.
Other Authors: A. Kotousov
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Engineers Australia 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26763