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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: The North American Slope and Gulf Stream components that constitute the initial water masses within a cyclonic ring can combine with Sargasso Sea water to generate Western North Atlantic Water (WNAW) common to the main ...

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, ...

Abstract: Estimating the mechanical properties of nonpersistent jointed rock masses is one of the most challenging problems in practical rock engineering due to the complex interaction of rock joints and intact-rock bridges. In this ...

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, ...

Abstract: The Gas Turbine High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (GT-HTGR) power plant combines the existing design HTGR core with a closed-cycle helium gas turbine power conversion system directly in the ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional failure-experience cell matrix is proposed for the purpose of organizing and analyzing existing failure experience data. In the proposed matrix the three axes represent failure ...