Research Article

Mechanical and Coal Burst Breeding Mechanism of Coal Samples under True Triaxial Loading and Unloading

Figure 4

Comparison of nonbursting sample and bursting sample before and after testing (previous row: pretest photos; next row: post-test photos; The red arrow: the direction of unloading): (a) nonbursting coal sample (sample C); (b) bursting coal sample (sample M).
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