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W.R. Wawersik

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16

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Active since

1968

Affiliations

Sandia National Laboratories(Current)

Sandia National Laboratories California

University of Minnesota

GeoMechanics Technologies (United States)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

W.R. Wawersik is an author at Sandia National Laboratories specializing in civil engineering, geomechanics, and geotechnical engineering.

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EngineeringGeomechanicsCivil EngineeringGeotechnical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeologyEngineering GeologyRock PropertiesStructural GeologyMechanics Of Materials

Publications per year

1968–1997

16

Publications

16

A study of brittle rock fracture in laboratory compression experiments

W.R. Wawersik, C. Fairhurst · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1970 · 804 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Brittle Rock Fracture, Rock Testing +9

Post-failure behavior of a granite and diabase

W.R. Wawersik, W. F. Brace · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 1971 · 409 citations

Engineering, Structural Geology, Civil Engineering +5

Modeling and mechanistic interpretation of creep of rock salt below 200°C

W.R. Wawersik, David H. Zeuch · Tectonophysics · 1986 · 88 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Testing, Salt Dome +10

Mechanical behavior of New Mexico rock salt in triaxial compression up to 200°C

W.R. Wawersik, D.W. Hannum · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1980 · 78 citations

Rock Testing, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +20

New method for true-triaxial rock testing

W.R. Wawersik, Larry Carlson, David J. Holcomb et al. · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 1997 · 71 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Rock Testing, Engineering +5

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