The effects of confining pressure on the post-yield deformation characteristics of rocks

A research program into the dilatancy of Coal Measures and Coal Measures type rocks, deformed beyond the elastic rangep both up to, at and beyond the point of rupture, is outlined. Detailed descriptions of a 500 ton servo-controlled testing machine, and an apparatus for the laboratory measurement of...

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Main Author: Price, Anthony M.
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 1979
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.469460