Loading Rate Effect of Rock Material with the Direct Tensile and Three Brazilian Disc Tests

A series of experimental tests were conducted to investigate the effects of loading rate on the tensile strength of sandstone by using four test methods, including a direct tensile method and three typical Brazilian disc methods (plate loading, circular arc loading, and strip loading). The loading r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fengqiang Gong, Le Zhang, Shanyong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6260351