Rock failure mechanisms:explained and illustrated

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tang Chun'an.
Group Author: Hudson J. A.; (John A.) 1940-
Published: CRC Press,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton, FL
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xlii, 322 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. +1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN: 9780415498517 (hard cover : alk. paper)
0415498511 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780203841433 (ebook)
0203841433 (ebook)
Index Number: TU45
CLC: TU45
Call Number: TU45/T164
Contents: "A Balkema book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 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.