A Review of Dynamic Experimental Techniques and Mechanical Behaviour of Rock Materials

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering - Tập 47 Số 4 - Trang 1411-1478 - 2014
Qianbing Zhang1, Jun Zhao2
1École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Rock Mechanics (LMR), Lausanne, Switzerland
2École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Rock Mechanics (LMR), Bâtiment GC D0-407, Station 18, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

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