Influence of Bedding Planes on the Mechanical Characteristics and Fracture Pattern of Transversely Isotropic Rocks in Direct Shear Tests

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sv/volume-2018/6479031/figures/6479031.fig.0015a.svgz" name="6479031.fig.0015a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Spacing = 100 mm</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sv/volume-2018/6479031/figures/6479031.fig.0015b.svgz" name="6479031.fig.0015b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Spacing = 20 mm</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sv/volume-2018/6479031/figures/6479031.fig.0015c.svgz" name="6479031.fig.0015c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Spacing = 10 mm</td></tr></table>

<div>Failure of the numerical models in the direct shear tests.</div>

Shock and Vibration

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Figure 15: Influence of Bedding Planes on the Mechanical Characteristics and Fracture Pattern of Transversely Isotropic Rocks in Direct Shear Tests 