Cracking processes in Barre granite: fracture process zones and crack coalescence

Cracking processes in Barre granite: fracture process zones and crack coalescence

This paper presents a comprehensive study of the cracking and coalescence behavior of granite specimens with pre-existing flaw pairs. Uniaxial compressions tests were conducted on Barre granite with pre-existing flaw pairs of varying inclination angles (β), bridging angles (α) and ligament lengths (...

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Main Authors: Morgan, Stephen P. (Contributor), Johnson, Catherine A. (Author), Einstein, Herbert H. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands, 2016-06-17T17:36:42Z.
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