Understanding the uniaxial tensile behaviour of rocks and its water-induced variation are
key issues for designing effective mining and civil engineering structures and for assessing …

There is limited applicability to the current method for testing the direct tensile strength of
rocks because it places stringent requirements on the testing equipment. This work suggests …

In this paper, the specification of tensile crack growth under punch shear test was studied.
Also, direct and indirect tensile strength of gypsum and concrete (rock-like materials) were …

Brazilian tensile strength (BTS) testing in standard practice is a practical method to
approximate tensile strength for rock core using the conversion of axial compressive vertical …

A global intact rock database of nine parameters, including uniaxial compressive strength
and Young's modulus, is compiled from 184 studies. This database, labeled as …

Laboratory testing is one of the most important means to determine the basic parameters of
rock materials and analyze/simulate the failure process or mechanism of rock masses. The …

Within the scope of this study, a series of experimental, numerical and statistical analyses
were performed in order to find the coefficients that would allow the accurate determination …

In this study, the determination of the direct and indirect tensile strength of granite rock was
carried out in compliance with related standard test methods. In order to analyze rock tensile …

Failure of brittle rock normally initiates from tensile fracture due to its extraordinary lower
resistance to tension rather than to compression. Intensive study on the deformability and …

In this study, a new apparatus which have new jaw clutch mechanism is designed to
determine the direct tensile strength of rocks. The determination of the direct (with new …