Laboratorial studies for the prediction of rock texture ...
Hardness is the resistance of the rock to the penetration of another object. Rock hardness is the first and major resistor that should be overcome in drilling (Jimeno et al. 1995).There are more than 200 types of hardness tests to describe rock features; these are often designed or developed for specific purposes (Thuro and Plinninger 2003).Due to the simplicity of some hardness tests, they ...