TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tang, Chun'An
TI  - Rock Failure Mechanisms: Illustrated and Explained
SN  - 978-0-203-84143-3
PY  - 2010///
N1  - Rock failure in uniaxial tension

Rock failure in indirect tension

Rock failure in uniaxial compression

Confinement and shear

Effect of heterogeneity on rock failure

The effect of rock anisotropy on rock failure

Loading, unloading and the Kaiser Effect

Time dependency of rock failure

Coalescence of fractures

Dynamic loading of rock

Rock failure and water flow

Rock failure induced by thermal stress

Slope failure in rock masses

The fracture process when cutting inhomogeneous rocks

Rock failure around tunnels in jointed rock

Rock failure induced by longwall coal mining

Gas outbursts in coal mines

Particle breakage and comminution

3-D modelling and ‘turtle crack formation’ in rock

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