The Effects of Confining Stress on Rock Fragmentation by TBM Disc Cutters

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2019/5432470/figures/5432470.fig.0016a.svgz" name="5432470.fig.0016a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>The maximum angle of cracks</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2019/5432470/figures/5432470.fig.0016b.svgz" name="5432470.fig.0016b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Crack initiation force</td></tr></table>

<div>The comparison of the numerical results under two different confining stress conditions.</div>

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Figure 16: The Effects of Confining Stress on Rock Fragmentation by TBM Disc Cutters 