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Charles Fairhurst

Academic Title: Professor Emeritus

Name: Charles Fairhurst

Personal Website: http://www.ce.umn.edu/fns/

 

Department: Civil Engineering

Department Website:

Institution: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

 

Address: 500 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

 

Highest Degree:

Date of Degree: 1955

Degree Institution: Sheffield University

 

E-mail: Contact by e-mail?

 

Expertise: Mechanics of fracture generation and size reduction processes in the impact crushing of rock; comparison of rock fracture behavior in laboratory and in-situ loading; applications of numerical computational methods to the study of time dependent instability around underground excavations; design of underground structures; radioactive waste disposal; and underground space utilization

 

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