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Tobias Backers

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15

Publications

975

Citations

15

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2002

Active since

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, geomechanics, and geotechnical engineering.

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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 · 163 citations

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ISRM Suggested Method for the Determination of Mode II Fracture Toughness

Tobias Backers, Ove Stephansson · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 2012 · 135 citations · Full text

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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 · 120 citations

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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 · 94 citations · Full text

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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 · 92 citations

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