Research Article

Determining Tensile Strength of Rock by the Direct Tensile, Brazilian Splitting, and Three-Point Bending Methods: A Comparative Study

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Development process of rock failure in Brazilian splitting. (a) 37, 6.81 MPa. (b) 192, 8.67 MPa. (c) 527, 9.21 MPa. (d) 880, 9.27 MPa. (e) 3187, 6.60 MPa.
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