On the use of Brazilian disc specimen fo
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M.R. Ayatollahi; M.R.M. Aliha
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Article
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2008
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The centrally cracked Brazilian disc specimen has been used frequently in the past for investigating mixed mode I-II fracture toughness in rock materials. However, a review of the available test results reveals that the conventional fracture criteria like the maximum tangential stress criterion alwa