This article reviews the effect of weak interfaces on crack propagation in rock and some
other analogous brittle materials from phenomenon to mechanism. In this review, a variety of …

This monograph deals with the part of the field of experimental rock deformation that is
dominated by the phenomena of brittle fracture on one scale or another. Thus a distinction …

Fracturing process and possible factors influencing crack initiation, propagation and
coalescence of granitic rocks are investigated using a grain-based finite-discrete element …

Mechanical properties of rock materials are related to textural characteristics. The
relationships between mechanical properties and textural characteristics have been …

When rock samples are loaded until macroscopic fractures develop, the failure process can
be divided into several stages based on axial and lateral strain responses or the acoustic …

The influence of mineral size and distribution, and model discretization on elastic rock
properties, rock strength, and types and numbers of micro cracks was studied numerically …

The influence of rock texture on crack initiation stress (σi) and critical flaw length (Li) is
studied by a series of triaxial tests performed on monomineralic dolomites. The critical flaw …

Rock spalling is one of the most frequent break modes and a serious stability challenge for
the supporting design during engineering excavation under high geo-stress and hard rock …

A multidisciplinary approach has been applied to characterize the Madison Formation in the
Sheep Mountain anticline at different scales, in order to illustrate the relationship between …

Twenty-five uniaxial compression tests were performed to determine stress at onset of
dilation, referred to herein as “the crack damage stress,” in heterogeneous dolomites and …