A review of relationship between texture characteristic and mechanical properties of rock

M Askaripour, A Saeidi, P Mercier-Langevin… - Geotechnics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The textural characteristics of rocks influence their petrophysical and mechanical properties.
Such parameters largely control rock mass stability. The ability to evaluate both immediate …

Prediction of uniaxial compressive strength of sandstones using petrography-based models

K Zorlu, C Gokceoglu, F Ocakoglu, HA Nefeslioglu… - Engineering …, 2008 - Elsevier
The uniaxial compressive strength of intact rock is the main parameter used in almost all
engineering projects. The uniaxial compressive strength test requires high quality core …

Mechanical properties of rock materials with related to mineralogical characteristics and grain size through experimental investigation: a comprehensive review

W Sun, L Wang, Y Wang - Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 2017 - Springer
Mechanical properties of rock materials are related to textural characteristics. The
relationships between mechanical properties and textural characteristics have been …

Microcracking behavior of three granites under mode I loading: Insights from acoustic emission

TY Guo, LNY Wong - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The mineralogy and texture of granite, which is a common host rock in geotechnical
engineering practices such as tunneling, enhanced geothermal systems and nuclear waste …

Rock grain-scale mechanical properties influencing hydraulic fracturing using Hydro-GBM approach

L Kong, PG Ranjith, QB Li, Y Song - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
Rock cracking is of key concern to many geological applications. On a grain scale, rock
fracturing depends on not only the external load but also the mechanical properties of the …

Geomaterials as construction aggregates: a state-of-the-art

R Přikryl - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021 - Springer
Construction aggregates derived from primary resources either by crushing of sound rock
masses (crushed stone aggregates) or from naturally occurring unbound clastic sediments …

Evaluation of rock property variability

AE Aladejare, Y Wang - … : Assessment and Management of Risk for …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Rocks are natural geo-materials, whose properties are affected by many spatially-varying
factors, such as the properties of their parent materials, weathering processes, and …

Relations between some quantitative petrographic characteristics and mechanical strength properties of granitic building stones

NG Yılmaz, RM Goktan, Y Kibici - … Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2011 - Elsevier
Selection of a building stone appropriate for the intended use is of great concern to the
practitioners in the construction industry. The specifications, or product requirements, that a …

Application of support vector machines and relevance vector machines in predicting uniaxial compressive strength of volcanic rocks

N Ceryan - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
The uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of intact rocks is an important and pertinent
property for characterizing a rock mass. It is known that standard UCS tests are destructive …

The effect of mineralogy and textural characteristics on the strength of crystalline igneous rocks using image-based textural quantification

A Hemmati, M Ghafoori, H Moomivand… - Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The attempts made to understand and quantify the relationship between rock texture and
engineering properties have been accompanied by some ambiguities and uncertainties …