Tensile strength is one of the important mechanical properties of rock and rock-like materials
and its accurate estimation and understanding of its failure mechanism are crucial for …

A transversely isotropic rock, slate, was utilized to investigate the size effect and anisotropy
on its deformation, tensile strength, and failure mechanism. A series of Brazilian tests were …

The manuscript is concerned with the phase-field modeling of thermal cracking in massive
hardening concrete structures. Owing to the exothermic reactions, known as hydration, a …

The high-energy rate of shock waves, as an important part of explosion energy, plays a
significant role in the mechanism of rock fragmentation. This energy rate and the mechanism …

Brazilian tensile strength (BTS) testing in standard practice is a practical method to
approximate tensile strength for rock core using the conversion of axial compressive vertical …

Specimen cracking in a controlled environment is an essential characteristic that is
challenging to capture in indirect tensile testing methodologies, including the Brazilian disc …

Rock fracturing or breakage is a complex phenomenon that requires advanced and
sophisticated techniques to predict fracture initiation and propagation in geological …

Tensile strength of rock and rock-like materials is a critical material property in rock
engineering and the design of infrastructure that interacts with the geological environment …

Understanding of the dynamic tensile behavior of glasses is of great importance in
designing impact-resistant transparent structures. The current study revealed the effects of …

Using flattened Brazilian disk (FBD) tests, the effects of loading rate, specimen size and
stress waves on the tensile behavior of soda-lime silicate glass were investigated. Quasi …