Rock fracture characterization using the modified Arcan test specimen

A method to produce uniform plane-stress states with applications to fiber-reinforced materials

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Combined mode fracture via the cracked Brazilian disk test

C. Atkinson, Ronald Smelser, J. Sanchez · International Journal of Fracture · 1982 · 539 citations

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Suggested methods for determining the fracture toughness of rock

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1988 · 495 citations

Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geology +12

Measurement of rock fracture toughness under modes I and II and mixed-mode conditions by using disc-type specimens

Soo-Ho Chang, Chung−In Lee, Seokwon Jeon · Engineering Geology · 2002 · 386 citations

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Fracture testing of a soft rock with semi-circular specimens under three-point bending. Part 1—mode I

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