Effect of Particle Shape on Mechanical Behaviors of Rocks: A Numerical Study Using Clumped Particle Model

Figure 10

The crack initiation stress and crack damage stress of four rock samples.

(a) Sample 1 (Sphericity 1.000)

(b) Sample 2 (Sphericity 0.959)

(c) Sample 3 (Sphericity 0.924)

(d) Sample 4 (Sphericity 0.892)