This article reviews the effect of weak interfaces on crack propagation in rock and some
other analogous brittle materials from phenomenon to mechanism. In this review, a variety of …

This book presents a comprehensive review, evaluation, and summary of the dependence of
mechanical properties on grain and particle parameters of monolithic ceramics and ceramic …

This monograph deals with the part of the field of experimental rock deformation that is
dominated by the phenomena of brittle fracture on one scale or another. Thus a distinction …

The concept of strength envelopes, developed in the 1970s, allowed quantitative predictions
of the strength of the lithosphere based on experimentally determined constitutive equations …

This study numerically investigates the influence of material heterogeneity on the strength
and deformation behavior and the associated microcracking process of a felsic crystalline …

A grain‐based Universal Distinct Element Code model was developed to generate a
deformable polygonal grain‐like structure to simulate the microstructure of brittle rock. It …

This paper investigates the pattern of crack coalescence and strength of a sandstone-like
material containing two parallel inclined frictional cracks under uniaxial compression, with …

Résumé Dans le domaine de la pétrographie, l'observation microscopique reste
incontournable pour déterminer les roches et comprendre leur genèse. On pourrait s' …

Brittleness is a characteristic of many geomaterials in which the pre-existing heterogeneities
among the mechanical and geometrical properties of the constituent materials,(eg grains …

Previous studies have shown that brittle strength of a rock is generally reduced in the
presence of water. However, for siliciclastic rocks, there is a paucity of data on the …