Fracture Failure Characteristics of Jointed Sandstone under Uniaxial Compression

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Specimen number</td><td class="align_center">Peak strength (MPa)</td><td class="align_center">Residual strength (MPa)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S1-2</td><td class="align_center">61.28</td><td class="align_center">3.22</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S2-3</td><td class="align_center">47.39</td><td class="align_center">7.14</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S3-2</td><td class="align_center">52.92</td><td class="align_center">5.09</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The peak and residual strengths of the representative sandstone specimens.</div>

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Table 2: Fracture Failure Characteristics of Jointed Sandstone under Uniaxial Compression 