Abstract: The size dependency of intact rock is of importance to different disciplines, such as civil and mining engineering. One example relates to the design of structures on or within a rock mass for which an estimation of the ...

Abstract: A suite of laboratory testing was performed on Gosford sandstone samples having a range of sizes, including point-load and uniaxial compressive tests. A unified size-effect law (USEL), based on the work by Zdenek Bazant, ...