The flattened Brazilian disc specimen us
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Wang, Q.Z ;Jia, X.M ;Kou, S.Q ;Zhang, Z.X ;Lindqvist, P.-A
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Article
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2004
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The flattened Brazilian disc specimen is proposed for determination of the elastic modulus E; tensile strength s t and opening mode fracture toughness K IC for brittle rocks in just one test. This paper is concerned with the theoretical analysis as well as analytical and numerical results for the fo