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Comment on “Point Load Test on Meta-Sedimentary Rocks and Correlation to UCS and BTS” by Diyuan Li and Lous Ngai Yuen Wong, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, DOI: 10.1007/s00603-012-0299-x

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Abbreviations

UCS:

Uniaxial compressive strength

BTS:

Brazilian tensile strength

Is :

Point load strength (uncorrected)

Is(50) :

Corrected point load strength

k :

Conversion factor

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Yagiz, S. Comment on “Point Load Test on Meta-Sedimentary Rocks and Correlation to UCS and BTS” by Diyuan Li and Lous Ngai Yuen Wong, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, DOI: 10.1007/s00603-012-0299-x. Rock Mech Rock Eng 46, 909–912 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-013-0417-4

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