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The Hoek–Brown Failure Criterion

Author: Erik Eberhardt

Published in: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering | Issue 6/2012

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The Hoek–Brown failure criterion is an empirically derived relationship used to describe a non-linear increase in peak strength of isotropic rock with increasing confining stress. Hoek–Brown follow a non-linear, parabolic form that distinguishes it from the linear Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion. The criterion includes companion procedures developed to provide a practical means to estimate rock mass strength from laboratory test values and field observations. Hoek–Brown assumes independence of the intermediate principal stress. …

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Title: The Hoek–Brown Failure Criterion
Author: Erik Eberhardt
Publication date: 01-11-2012
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 0723-2632
Electronic ISSN: 1434-453X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-012-0276-4

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