An Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Initiation and Interaction of Double Cracks in Rocks under Hydromechanical Coupling

<div>Initiation mode of double cracks: (a) determination of crack growth length; (b) initiation modes of double cracks under different water pressures observed in test.</div>

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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Figure 2: An Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Initiation and Interaction of Double Cracks in Rocks under Hydromechanical Coupling 