Rock brittleness indices and their applications to different fields of rock engineering: A review

Brittleness is an important parameter controlling the mechanical behavior and failure characteristics of rocks under loading and unloading conditions, such as fracability, cutability, drillability and rockburst proneness. As such, it is of high practical value to correctly evaluate rock brittleness....

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Main Authors: Fanzhen Meng, Louis Ngai Yuen Wong, Hui Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167477552030127X