Comparing the Slaking of Clay-Bearing Rocks Under Laboratory Conditions to Slaking Under Natural Climatic Conditions

The slake-durability test

John A. Franklin, R. Ravindranath Chandra · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1972 · 479 citations

Factors affecting the durability of selected weak and clay-bearing rocks from Turkey, with particular emphasis on the influence of the number of drying and wetting cycles

Candan Gökçeoğlu, Reşat Ulusay, H. Sönmez · Engineering Geology · 2000 · 224 citations

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geology +14

Predicting the unconfined compressive strength of the Breathitt shale using slake durability, Shore hardness and rock structural properties

Engi̇n Caner Koncagül, Paul Santi · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 1999 · 199 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Petroleum Engineering +17

The effects of water content, temperature and loading rate on strength and failure process of frozen rocks

Junichi Kodama, Tatsuhiko Goto, Y. Fujii et al. · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2013 · 161 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geology +16

The engineering geology of clay minerals: swelling, shrinking and mudrock breakdown

R. K. Taylor, Trevor Smith · Clay Minerals · 1986 · 126 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +15