Unified Size-Effect Law for Intact Rock

A suite of laboratory testing was performed on Gosford sandstone samples having a range of sizes, including point-load and uniaxial compressive tests. A unified size-effect law (USEL), based on the work by Zdenek Bazant, involving fracture energy as well as fractal theories, was introduced. It was shown that USEL correlates well with the ascending and descending uniaxial compressive strength trends obtained from Gosford sandstone as well as five...