Rocks are increasingly used in extreme environments characterised by high loading rates
and high confining pressures. Thus the fracture properties of rocks under dynamic loading …

Fatigue refers to the progressive and localized structural damage that occurs when a
material is subjected to repeated loading and unloading, typically at levels below its ultimate …

In the process of deep underground resource development and utilisation, the response of
the surrounding rock mass is affected by high temperatures and the dynamic loadings that …

In order to study the effects of temperature and loading rate on the dynamic fracture
behaviour of granite under a given preload, dynamic fracture tests of pure mode-I were …

Dynamic disasters in Chinese coal mines pose a significant threat to coal productivity. Thus,
a thorough understanding of the deformation and failure processes of coal is necessary. In …

Beishan area in Gansu province of China has been listed as a major candidate for
underground constructions of high-level radioactive waste repository. Therefore, to explore …

The investigation of dynamic fracture characteristics of sandstone after freeze-thaw (FT)
treatments is of great significance for the optimization of blasting parameters and stability …

A series of laboratory tests are performed to determine the energy evolution and fatigue
behavior of sandstone subjected to cyclic loading, as well as the influence of the upper …

To investigate the influence of loading rate and high temperature on the dynamic fracture
toughness of rock, dynamic fracture tests were carried out on notched semi-circular bend …

The objective of the present work is to review the main applications of X-ray
microtomography in the microstructural study of mortars, based on a literature search related …