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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Hauptverfasser: Morgan, Stephen P., Johnson, Catherine A., Einstein, Herbert H.
Weitere Verfasser: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Springer Netherlands 2016
Online Zugang:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103144
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7478-3277
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4074-4736