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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Rock failure development process in three-point bending. (a) 84, 17.96 MPa. (b) 192, 17.0 MPa. (c) 286, 12.3 MPa. (d) 372, 8.47 MPa. (e) 576, 7.286 MPa. (f) 899, 5.9 MPa.
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