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The Applicability of Brazilian Test Loading with Different Platens to Measure Tensile Strength of Rock: A Numerical Study
The Brazilian test is extensively used to indirectly measure the tensile strength of rock. However, the Brazilian tensile strength (BTS) does not...
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Influences of Interface Roughness and Loading Direction on Tensile Behavior of Rock–Concrete Bimaterials Under Brazilian Test Conditions
The roughness and stress state of a rock–concrete interface significantly affect the tensile behavior and failure mechanisms. It is of great...
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Study on the tensile characteristics of Brazilian split in remolded loess based on resistivity and DIC techniques
Landslides, ground fissures, and soil collapses are common natural disasters frequently associated with the tensile strength of loess. However, due...
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Ring Test: a New Interpretation to Estimate Tensile Strength of Rock
The ring test was proposed by Hobbs (1965) to improve the indirect tensile test (Brazilian test), consisting in performing the standard Brazilian...
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The Impact of Axial Load Distribution on Brazilian Tensile Testing on Rock
Tensile strength of rock and rock-like materials is a critical material property in rock engineering and the design of infrastructure that interacts...
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Determination of Dynamic Tensile Strength of Microwave-Induced Basalt Using Brazilian Test
Research on the dynamic tensile behaviour of microwave-irradiated rock is of great significance to microwave-assisted tunneling and mining. In order...
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Investigation of the strength behavior and failure modes of layered sedimentary rocks under Brazilian test conditions
As the anisotropic behavior of sandstones and limestone along the Khorramabad-Zal expressway has not been studied, this research aims to examine the...
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Brazilian Tensile Strength Testing
AbstractThe paper discusses the direct and Brazilian tensile strength testing data in terms of the mechanical properties of rocks. The statistical...
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Indirect tensile test modelling for inhomogeneous rock samples using digital image processing
The behavior of rock under different loading conditions is very important for the stability analysis and safety measures taken in mining engineering....
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Probabilistic characterization of Brazilian tensile strength of rock from both direct and indirect measurements
The determination of Brazilian tensile strength (BTS) is an essential step in the analysis and design of mining structures at a particular site. The...
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Modeling Brazilian Tensile Strength Tests on a Brittle Rock Using Deterministic, Semi-deterministic, and Voronoi Bonded Block Models
This study aims to numerically investigate how various common simplifications of grain structure representation in bonded block models affect...
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Direct Tensile Test and FDEM Numerical Study on Anisotropic Tensile Strength of Kangding Slate
A large amount of slates is distributed along Kangding No. 2 tunnel of Sichuan–Tibet Railway (China). The bedding of the Kangding slate is rich,...
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Estimating Brazilian Tensile Strength of Granite Rocks Using Metaheuristic Algorithms-Based Self-Organizing Neural Networks
This article explores the use of different metaheuristic optimization algorithms for training a self-organizing neural network (SONN) model to...
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Comparing 1D Regression and Evolutionary Polynomial Analyses for Predicting Brazilian Tensile Strength of Limestone in Dry and Saturated Conditions
The Brazilian indirect tensile strength (BIT) of intact limestone rocks is a critical factor in the design of structures on or within these rocks....
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Paint Speckle Application Recommendations for Digital Image Correlation Analysis of Brazilian Tensile Strength Tests on Low-Porosity Rocks
Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is a popular non-contact, photography-based strain measurement method in geomechanics laboratory testing of rock. The...
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A heuristic approach to predict the tensile strength of a non-persistent jointed Brazilian disc under diametral loading
The mechanical response of rock bridges plays a key role in the stability of concrete and rock structures. In particular, the tensile failure of...
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The Effect of Rock Type and Test Method on the Relationship Between MODE I Fracture Toughness and Rock Tensile Strength
Mode I fracture toughness is an important rock property in fracture mechanics. Due to its challenging test procedures, empirical formulas, in terms...
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Micro-scale Fracturing Mechanisms in Rocks During Tensile Failure
Understanding the fracturing mechanisms of rock on both macro- and micro-scale is important for properly designing rock engineering applications....
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Particle flow simulation of Brazilian splitting failure characteristics of layered shale
Shale reservoir is the research hotspot in the development of unconventional oil and gas resources. The properties of bedding plane have an important...
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Effects of Different Loading Angles on Brazilian Splitting Characteristics of Rock-Concrete Interface
To study the influence of interface angle on the tensile properties of rock-concrete composite specimens, Brazilian splitting tests of rock-concrete...
