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Tobias Backers

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Publications

15

Citations

989

H-Index

15

Active since

2002

Affiliations

GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences(Current)

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Bochum University of Applied Sciences

National Research Council

Tobias Backers is an author at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences specializing in engineering, fracture mechanics, and rock mechanics.

Publications per year

2002–2022

15

Publications

15

Rock fracture toughness testing in Mode II—punch-through shear test

Tobias Backers, Ove Stephansson, Erik Rybacki · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2002 · 167 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +12

ISRM Suggested Method for the Determination of Mode II Fracture Toughness

Tobias Backers, Ove Stephansson · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 2012 · 137 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +14

Influence of Bedding Angle on Borehole Stability: A Laboratory Investigation of Transverse Isotropic Oil Shale

T. Meier, Erik Rybacki, Tobias Backers et al. · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 2014 · 121 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Petroleum Engineering +17

Characterising and modelling the excavation damaged zone in crystalline rock in the context of radioactive waste disposal

John Hudson, Ann Bäckström, Jonny Rutqvist et al. · Environmental Geology · 2008 · 95 citations · Full text

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geological Engineering +14

Tensile fracture propagation and acoustic emission activity in sandstone: The effect of loading rate

Tobias Backers, Sergei Stanchits, Georg Dresen · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2005 · 94 citations

Engineering, Geology, Acoustics +13

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