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ISRM Suggested Method for the Needle Penetration Test

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the doctorate student of Ömer Aydan, M. Yagi from the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokai University, for his help on the direct observation of damage in rock samples caused during the needle penetration tests. The authors also acknowledge the three reviewers (Prof. Hanifi Çopur, Dr. Yoshikazu Yamaguchi and Dr. Peter N.W. Verhoef) and the two members of the ISRM Commission on Testing Methods (Dr. Jose Muralha and Prof. Hasan Gerçek) for their critical reviews and constructive comments that led to significant improvements to the Suggested Method. In addition, the authors sincerely thank Prof. Sergio Fontoura, the member of the Commission, for his kind help throughout the review process of the Suggested Method.

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  1. Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Resat Ulusay

  2. Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

    Ömer Aydan

  3. Department of Geological Engineering, Dumlupınar University, Kutahya, Turkey

    Zeynal A. Erguler

  4. Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Dominique J. M. Ngan-Tillard & Wim Verwaal

  5. Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan

    Takafumi Seiki

  6. Public Works Research Institute, Geology Research Team, Tsukuba, Japan

    Yasuhito Sasaki

  7. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

    Akira Sato

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Correspondence to Resat Ulusay or Ömer Aydan.

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Please send any written comments on this ISRM Suggested Method to Prof. Resat Ulusay, President of the ISRM Commission on Testing Methods, Hacettepe University, Department of Geological Engineering, 06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey.

Ö. Aydan: Formerly with Tokai University, Shizuoka, Japan.

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Ulusay, R., Aydan, Ö., Erguler, Z.A. et al. ISRM Suggested Method for the Needle Penetration Test. Rock Mech Rock Eng 47, 1073–1085 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-013-0534-0

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