A microcrack model of rock inelasticity part II: Propagation of microcracks

Slightly curved or kinked cracks

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Dilatancy in the fracture of crystalline rocks

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A study of brittle rock fracture in laboratory compression experiments

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Development of stress-induced microcracks in Westerly Granite

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1976 · 740 citations

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Development of stress-induced microcracks in Westerly granite

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1976 · 560 citations

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