Modeling fracture and deformation of brittle rock under compressive loading

Axial tensile cracks in a uniaxial or low confining stress, triaxial compression test follow a compression-parallel straight path for long distances, often through the whole length of the test specimen. When no transverse tensile stress is applied, as in the compression test, existing fracture mecha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Song
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2168