A microstructural study of the extension-to-shear fracture transition in Carrara Marble

Triaxial extension experiments on Carrara Marble demonstrate that there is a continuous transition from extension to shear fracture on the basis of mechanical behavior, macroscopic fracture orientation and fracture morphology where hybrid fractures with extension and shear fracture characteristics a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rodriguez, Erika
Other Authors: Chester, Judith S.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2587