Unloading-Induced Crack Propagation of Two Collinear Unequal Length Flaws in Brittle Rocks

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2020/9385749/figures/9385749.fig.001a.svgz" name="9385749.fig.001a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Stress state of rock mass before slope excavation</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2020/9385749/figures/9385749.fig.001b.svgz" name="9385749.fig.001b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Stress state of rock mass after slope excavation</td></tr></table>

<div>Stress distribution in different parts of a slope before (a) and after (b) excavation and mechanical model of the stress state of the rock mass.</div>

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Figure 1: Unloading-Induced Crack Propagation of Two Collinear Unequal Length Flaws in Brittle Rocks 