Failure Process Simulation of Interlayered Rocks under Compression

Figure 19

Failure modes for specimens with different layer orientations under uniaxial compression observed in laboratory (from Tien et al. [6]): (a) α = 45°; (b) α = 30°; (c) α = 15°; (d) α = 90°; (e) α = 75°; (f) α = 60°.

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