Charles E. Fairhurst
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Charles E. Fairhurst's Degrees
- PhD Geology Stanford University
- Masters Geology Stanford University
- Bachelors Geology Stanford University
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- A study of brittle rock fracture in laboratory compression experiments (1970) (698)
- Draft ISRM suggested method for the complete stress-strain curve for intact rock in uniaxial compression (1999) (619)
- The elasto-plastic response of underground excavations in rock masses that satisfy the Hoek-Brown failure criterion (1999) (535)
- Initiation and Extension of Hydraulic Fractures in Rocks (1967) (497)
- APPLICATION OF THE CONVERGENCE-CONFINEMENT METHOD OF TUNNEL DESIGN TO ROCK MASSES THAT SATISFY THE HOEK-BROWN FAILURE CRITERION (2000) (448)
- On the validity of the ‘Brazilian’ test for brittle materials (1964) (400)
- On the fracture process in blasting (1971) (278)
- In-Situ Stress Determination At Great Depth By Means Of Hydraulic Fracturing (1969) (213)
- The of Maximum Phenomenon of Rock Splitting Parallel to the Direction Compression In the Neighbourhood of a Surface (1966) (175)
- Evidence for a Long-Term Strength Threshold in Crystalline Rock (2010) (152)
- Stress estimation in rock: a brief history and review (2003) (152)
- Hydraulic Fracturing in Porous-Permeable Materials (1968) (144)
- Shape of the Complete Stress-Strain Curve for Rock (1972) (139)
- A theoretical and experimental study of the percussive drilling of rock part I—theory of percussive drilling (1971) (122)
- Determination of the post-failure behavior of brittle rock using a servo-controlled testing machine (1970) (118)
- Two-dimensional elastoplastic analysis of a long, cylindrical cavity under non-hydrostatic loading (1987) (113)
- GEOMETRICAL IDENTIFICATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL ROCK BLOCK SYSTEMS USING TOPOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES (1987) (99)
- Methods of determining in-situ rock stresses at great depths (1968) (95)
- Optimizing the control of rock failure in servo-controlled laboratory tests (1971) (94)
- A theoretical and experimental study of the percussive drilling of rock Part II—force-penetration and specific energy determinations (1971) (72)
- A theoretical and experimental study of the percussive drilling of rock part III—experimental verification of the mathematical theory (1972) (57)
- A theoretical and experimental study of the percussive drilling of rock Part IV—application of the model to actual percussion drilling (1972) (51)
- Some Challenges of Deep Mining (2017) (50)
- A model for the time-dependent behavior of rock (1994) (48)
- Static analysis of the stability of three-dimensional blocky systems around excavations in rock (1988) (45)
- Nuclear waste disposal and rock mechanics: contributions of the Underground Research Laboratory (URL), Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada (2004) (38)
- Laboratory Measurement of Some Physical Properties of Rock (1961) (31)
- The force-penetration characteristic for wedge penetration into rock (1967) (27)
- Influence Of Failed Rock Properties On Tunnel Stability (1970) (26)
- Computerized Design Of Rock Slopes Using Interactive Graphics For The Input And Output Of Geometrical Data (1975) (26)
- The failure of rock beams: Part I—Theoretical studies (1973) (25)
- Fracture network engineering for hydraulic fracturing (2011) (23)
- Fractures and Fracturing - Hydraulic fracturing in Jointed Rock (2013) (20)
- On the stability of tunnels under gravity loading, with post-peak softening of the ground (1997) (16)
- The Role of In-situ Rock Stresses And Mud Pressure On the Penetration Rate of PDC Bits (1989) (15)
- Rock Fracture And Fragmentation (1981) (14)
- RESILIENT MODULUS TESTING OF ASPHALT SPECIMENS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D4123-82 (1990) (14)
- A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD AND THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF THE STABILITY OF AN EXCAVATION IN JOINTED ROCK (1990) (14)
- Controlled failure of hollow rock cylinders in uniaxial compression (1972) (12)
- Fuzzy Methodology In Tunnel Support Design (1985) (12)
- GENERALIZATION OF THE GROUND REACTION CURVE CONCEPT (1982) (11)
- The failure of rock beams: Part II—Experimental studies (1973) (11)
- Influence of Rock Anisotropy and Time-Dependent Deformation on the Stress-Relief and High-Modulus Inclusion Techniques of In Situ Stress Determination (1965) (10)
- The International Stripa Project: an overview (1993) (10)
- Study of crack propagation produced by the sustained borehole pressure in blasting (1970) (9)
- 1 – Analysis and Design in Rock Mechanics – The General Context (1993) (9)
- On The Determination Of The State Of Stress In Rock Masses (1965) (9)
- Fracture Mechanics In the Context of Rock Crushing: Preliminary Experimental Results Concerning the Impact of Limestone Spheres (1992) (9)
- Geomechanics issues related to long-term isolation of nuclear waste (2002) (8)
- Rock Mechanics Studies Of Proposed Underground Mining Of Potash In Sergipe, Brazil (1979) (8)
- General Report: Deformation, Yield, Rupture And Stability of Excavations At Depth In Rock (1989) (8)
- Field Experiments on Hydraulic Fracturing (1972) (7)
- ANALYSIS OF TUNNEL SUPPORT LOADS USING A LARGE DISPLACEMENT, DISTINCT BLOCK MODEL (1978) (7)
- Theoretical and practical investigations of improved hard rock cutting systems (1988) (7)
- Synthetic Rock Mass Applications in Mass Mining (2011) (6)
- Nondestructive and automated testing for soil and rock properties. ASTM special technical publication 1350 (1999) (6)
- THE THEORY OF DETERMINATION OF STRESS CHANGES IN A TRANSUERSELY ISOTROPIC MEDIUM, USING AN INSTRUMENTED CYLINDRICAL INCLUSION (1970) (5)
- Numerical Simulation of the Effects of Heating On the Permeability of a Jointed Rock Mass (1999) (5)
- The DSP - A New Instrument for Estimation of the In-Situ Stress State at Depth (1973) (5)
- Hydraulic fracturing and its potential for determining in situ stresses at great depths (1968) (5)
- A four-component borehole deformation gauge for the determination of in situ stresses in rock masses (1967) (5)
- General philosophy of support design for underground structures in hard rock (1991) (4)
- Fracture Network Engineering: Combining Microseismic Imaging And Hydrofracture Numerical Simulations (2012) (4)
- SOME CONSEQUENCES OF INELASTIC ROCK-MASS DEFORMATION ON THE TUNNEL SUPPORT LOADS PREDICTED BY THE EINSTEIN AND SCHWARTZ DESIGN APPROACH (2000) (4)
- Some Bit-Penetration Characteristics In Pink Tennessee Marble (1970) (3)
- The Roles of Stress Wave And Gas Pressure In Presplitting (1967) (3)
- Energy Transmission in Percussive Drilling (1959) (3)
- Insights on the stability of large excavations from analytical and numerical models (1997) (3)
- Rock Engineering: Where is the Laboratory? (2019) (3)
- Correlation of numerical and physical models - an approach to the estimation of rock mass behaviour (1987) (3)
- Improved Design in Rock and Soil Engineering with Numerical Modelling (2018) (2)
- Design Charts For A Deep Circular Tunnel Under Non-Hydrostatic Loading (1984) (2)
- Application of animated graphics in the analysis of large scale blocky rock system around excavation (1988) (2)
- BOREHOLE METHODS OF STRESS DETERMINATION (1968) (2)
- A NUMERICAL STUDY OF EXCAVATION SUPPORT LOADS IN JOINTED ROCK MASSES (1982) (2)
- Influence of Inelastic Rock Properties on The Stability of a Well-Bore (1970) (2)
- Analysis and design methods (1993) (2)
- Underground Nuclear Testing in French Polynesia: Stability and Hydrology Issues (1999) (2)
- The Scratch Test — An Innovative and Inexpensive Method to Determine the Compressive Strength and Mohr-Coulomb Failure Envelope for Sedimentary Rock (2014) (2)
- The Topological Structure of Fracture Systems In Rock (1991) (2)
- Geological isolation of radioactive waste: a challenge that must be met (1993) (2)
- Issues With Numerical Simulation of Core Disking (2012) (1)
- THE WORK OF THE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH COUNCIL (1975) (1)
- 52 – Comments on the Modeling of Coupled Thermo-Mechanical-Fluid Flow Behavior of Rock Masses (1987) (1)
- Elasto-plastic analysis of elliptical cavities in rock subject to non-hydrostatic loading (1999) (1)
- Underground Nuclear Power Plants: The Seismic Advantage (2014) (1)
- Comparison Of Numerical Modeting With Predictions From Laboratory Tests And Field Observations Of Deformation In A Potash Mine In Sergipe, Brazil (1985) (1)
- Some Opportunities For Science And Engineering At DUSEL (2007) (1)
- Analysis of tunnel support requirements using the convergence-confinement method and the hoek-brown rock failure criterion (2000) (1)
- The Strength And Deformability of Rock Masses - An Important Research Need (1993) (1)
- The Excavation Damage Zone — An International Perspective (2018) (1)
- John C. Jaeger memorial dedication lecture (1992) (0)
- Rock Mechanics Issues In Underground Mining, Large Permanent Excavations And Thermomechanical Problems (1983) (0)
- Underground nuclear power plants: A realistic option? (2016) (0)
- Energy, conservation, and the underground (1976) (0)
- CONVERGENCE-CONFINEMENT METHOD Application of the Convergence-Confinement Method of Tunnel Design to Rock Masses That Satisfy the Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion (2003) (0)
- Numerical Analysis as a Practical Design Tool in Geo-Engineering (2000) (0)
- A Theoretical Study of the Stability of Bolted-Laminated Mine Roof (1973) (0)
- APPROXIMATE STATICAL SOLUTION OF THE ELASTOPLASTIC INTERFACE IN THE PROBLEM OF AN INFINITE MEDIUM WITH A CIRCULAR HOLE. (1982) (0)
- Underground storage, with emphasis on storage in excavated rock caverns (1989) (0)
- Twenty-Five Years Of Book Mechanics - A Personal Viev (1984) (0)
- Performance Evaluation of Engineered Geothermal Systems Using Discrete Fracture Network Simulations (2021) (0)
- Experience in the development of mined underground space in Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area (1987) (0)
- DUSEL Working Group: Underground Construction and Mining (2008) (0)
- Towards the Design of Effective Engineered Geothermal Systems (2012) (0)
- Micro-Computer Modelling And Practical Design/monitoring of Large Underground Excavations (1990) (0)
- Fracture in Rocks and Engineering Implications (2013) (0)
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