...8th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium ARMS8 14-16October 2014, Sapporo, Japan 1 Influence of scale effect on rock anisotropic shear strength Abhiram Kumar Vermaa*, Khushtar Shadabband Rakesh Kumarc aAssistant Professor, Dept. of Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India bM.Tech Student, Dept. of Mining...

... that the parent rocks at both the banks were weak and weathered phyllites. Keywords: Scale Effect, Deformability Characters, Rockmass 1. INTRODUCTION The deformability of a rock mass is defined by the relationship between the applied stress and strain produced and is defined through its modulus of deformation...

.... This form of test is used in relation to problems of wellbore stability and sand production associated with the petroleum industry. The results of two laboratory experimental programs exploring some respective aspects of scale effect for both of the above test procedures are discussed. The prospects...

... ABSTRACT: The introduction of the "characteristic dimension" idea by Cuisiat & Haimson (1993) was an important step for the understanding of the causes of scale effects on the several rock mass properties. Subsequently Leal-Gomes (2000) introduced the idea of "hierarchy of heterogeneity...