Rock-Arch Instability Characteristics of the Sandstone Plate under Different Loading Conditions

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="950870.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2014/950870/figures/950870.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Elastic stage</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="950870.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2014/950870/figures/950870.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Brittle rupture stage</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="950870.fig.009c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2014/950870/figures/950870.fig.009c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Bearing loading stage</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="950870.fig.009d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2014/950870/figures/950870.fig.009d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Rock-arch instability stage</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Rock-arch instability process under the concentrated loading.</table>

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Figure 9: Rock-Arch Instability Characteristics of the Sandstone Plate under Different Loading Conditions 