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Cracking, Damage and Fracture in Stressed Rock: A Holistic Approach

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Toughening Mechanisms in Quasi-Brittle Materials

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A brief review is given of time-dependent cracking and failure in rock subjected to both tensile and compressive stresses. Recent results from our experimental program to measure changes in an integrated suite of rock physical properties contemporaneously with mechanical parameters during deformation experiments are also presented. We suggest that the observed changes in these properties provides additional information regarding the evolution of damage, and the rate of damage accumulation, within the rock sample. Future developments required for a complete holistic description of the development of crack-related damage leading to failure are also considered.

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    P. G. Meredith, M. R. Ayling, S. A. F. Murrell & P. R. Sammonds

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Meredith, P.G., Ayling, M.R., Murrell, S.A.F., Sammonds, P.R. (1991). Cracking, Damage and Fracture in Stressed Rock: A Holistic Approach. In: Shah, S.P. (eds) Toughening Mechanisms in Quasi-Brittle Materials. NATO ASI Series, vol 195. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3388-3_6

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