Numerical Investigation and Analysis of Intermediate Principal Stress Effects on Rock Failure Behaviors

Figure 8

Displacement contours of PFC models. (a) b = 0, (b) b = 0.1, (c) b = 0.2, (d) b = 0.3, (e) b = 0.4, (f) b = 0.5, (g) b = 0.6, (h) b = 0.7, (i) b = 0.8, (j) b = 0.9, and (k) b = 1.