Cracking process of rock mass models under uniaxial compression

Fracture coalescence in rock-type materials under uniaxial and biaxial compression

Antonio Bobet, Herbert H. Einstein · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 1998 · 1.2K citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +16

Mechanism of brittle fracture of rock

Z.T. Bieniawski · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1967 · 878 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geology +12

Brittle failure in compression: splitting faulting and brittle-ductile transition

Hideyuki Horii, S. Nemat-Nasser · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1986 · 781 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Crack Coalescence in Molded Gypsum and Carrara Marble: Part 1. Macroscopic Observations and Interpretation

Louis Ngai Yuen Wong, Herbert H. Einstein · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering · 2008 · 725 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +13

Systematic evaluation of cracking behavior in specimens containing single flaws under uniaxial compression

Louis Ngai Yuen Wong, Herbert H. Einstein · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2008 · 690 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +16