Literature review of rock properties for analysis of navigation structures founded on rock

A review of behavioral rock properties used for input to the finite element method are summarized. Rock properties presented in the literature were primarily obtained from laboratory specimens. Methods to determine applicable field properties via testing, calculations and empirical correlations are...

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Main Author: Benson, Carl Philip
Other Authors: Civil Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45747
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11152013-040433/