A simple extension strain criterion for fracture of brittle rock

Mechanism of brittle fracture of rock

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

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State of stress in the earth's crust

Tectonophysics · 1964 · 433 citations

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Some observations concerning the microscopic and mechanical behaviour of quartzite specimens in stiff, triaxial compression tests

D. K. Hallbauer, Hermann‐Josef Wagner, N.G.W. Cook · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1973 · 396 citations

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Failure of rocks under tensile conditions

J. C. Jaeger · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1967 · 317 citations

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Brittle fracture of rocks

W. F. Brace · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1964 · 274 citations

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