The Influence of Loading Rate on Direct and Indirect Tensile Strengths: Laboratory and Numerical Methods

Figure 3

Typical failures after DT tests: (a–e) rock failures for the loading rates of 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 1, and 10 mm/min, respectively, for the rust stones.

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