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Correlating the Mechanical and Physical Properties with Mode-I Fracture Toughness of Rocks

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Abbreviations

K IC :

Mode-I fracture toughness

UCS:

Uniaxial compressive strength

σ t :

Tensile strength

Vp:

P-wave velocity

Vs:

S-wave velocity

ρ :

Rock density

l:

Fracture process zone (FPZ) length

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    Debanjan Guha Roy

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, 400076, India

    T. N. Singh & Mayukh Talukdar

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia

    J. Kodikara

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Guha Roy, D., Singh, T.N., Kodikara, J. et al. Correlating the Mechanical and Physical Properties with Mode-I Fracture Toughness of Rocks. Rock Mech Rock Eng 50, 1941–1946 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-017-1196-0

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