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ISRM Suggested Method for Determining the Abrasivity of Rock by the CERCHAR Abrasivity Test

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Acknowledgments

A 3-day workshop of the WG members at Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey was made possible by financial support of the Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey and TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Grant No. 110M579. Input from H. Copur (Technical University Istanbul, Turkey) is gratefully acknowledged. We acknowledge the useful and constructive comments of the reviewers Prof. Bilgin (Istanbul Technical Univerity, Turkey), Prof. Nilsen (NTNU Trondheim, Norway), Prof. Thuro (Technical University Munich, Germany), Dr. Plinninger (Dr. Plinninger Geotechnik, Bernried, Germany) and Prof. Rostami (Pennsylvania State University, USA).

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  1. Engineering Geology/Rock Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany

    Michael Alber

  2. Mining Engineering Department-67, Bülent Ecevit University, 100, Zonguldak, Turkey

    Olgay Yaralı, Hamit Aydın & Ahmet Özarslan

  3. Building and Infrastructure, Rock Engineering, SINTEF, 7465, Trondheim, Norway

    Filip Dahl & Amund Bruland

  4. Engineering Geology, Technical University Munich, Arcisstr. 21, 80333, Munich, Germany

    Heiko Käsling

  5. Department of Mining Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zographou Campus, 15780, Athens, Greece

    Theodore N. Michalakopoulos

  6. Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, DITAG, 24 Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, CAP 10129, Turin, Italy

    Marilena Cardu

  7. School of Mining Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    Paul Hagan

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Alber, M., Yaralı, O., Dahl, F. et al. ISRM Suggested Method for Determining the Abrasivity of Rock by the CERCHAR Abrasivity Test. Rock Mech Rock Eng 47, 261–266 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-013-0518-0

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