Rock Mechanical Property Influenced by Inhomogeneity

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</svg></span></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">a</td><td align="center">Grey diabase</td><td align="center">127.9</td><td align="center">53.3</td><td align="center">2.40</td></tr><tr><td align="left">b</td><td align="center">Black diabase</td><td align="center">102.7</td><td align="center">33.7</td><td align="center">3.05</td></tr><tr><td align="left">c</td><td align="center">Grey sandstone</td><td align="center">75.4</td><td align="center">20.8</td><td align="center">3.63</td></tr><tr><td align="left">d</td><td align="center">Red sandstone</td><td align="center">68.8</td><td align="center">17.3</td><td align="center">3.96</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Typical rock brittleness obtained by experiment.

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Table 2

Table 2: Rock Mechanical Property Influenced by Inhomogeneity 