Empirical strength envelope for shale

• Main Authors: Mohd. Amin, Mohd. For, Mat Yusof, Nur‘Ain, Abdullah, Rini Asnida
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69378/1/MohdForMohd2016_Empiricalstrengthenvelopeforshale.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69378/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.9505
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Effectively, strength envelope describes behavior of rock when subjected to common stresses in construction, i.e. compressive, triaxial and tensile stresses. This study is aimed at investigating the strength envelope for shale, a sedimentary rock obtained from dam project site in Baram, Sarawak. Ser...