Concepedia
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences · 2001 · 538 citations · 46 references
Materials ScienceRock TestingCrack CoalescenceEngineeringMechanical EngineeringExperimental ApproachRock-like MaterialsGeomechanicsSolid MechanicsFracture MechanicsCrack FormationDynamic Crack PropagationRock MechanicsMechanics Of MaterialsRock Properties
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VI. The phenomena of rupture and flow in solids
Alan Arnold Griffith · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character · 1921 · 10.5K citations · Full text
Strain-energy-density factor applied to mixed mode crack problems
G. C. Sih · International Journal of Fracture · 1974 · 2.2K citations
Engineering, Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering +8
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 · 1.1K citations
Materials Science, Fracture Coalescence, Engineering +7
The failure of brittle solids containing small cracks under compressive stress states
Michael F. Ashby, S. D. Hallam · Acta Metallurgica · 1986 · 979 citations
Materials Science, Small Cracks, Engineering +13
Compression‐induced microcrack growth in brittle solids: Axial splitting and shear failure
Hideyuki Horii, Sia Nemat‐Nasser · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1985 · 943 citations
Rock Testing, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +28