Fatigue Characteristics of Limestone under Triaxial Compression with Cyclic Loading

Table 1

Test results of the limestone samples in the conventional triaxial compression tests.

Sample number	Confining pressure (MPa)	Loading rate (mm/s)	Strains at the peak stress point			Peak strength (MPa)	Average strength (MPa)
			Axial	Circumferential	Volumetric
SA. 10	10.0	0.003	0.012177853	−0.006236218	−0.000294582	78.29	77.90
SA. 11	10.0	0.003	0.011894353	−0.006131956	−0.000369558	74.49
SA. 17	10.0	0.003	0.011926385	−0.006141393	−0.000356401	80.91