Rock engineering is highly susceptible to cyclic loads resulting from earthquakes, quarrying
or rockbursts. Acquiring the fatigue properties and failure mechanism of rocks is pivotal for …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive state of the art of fatigue and cyclic
loading of natural rock materials. Papers published in the literature are classified and listed …

Multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic (MCAC) loading experiments were conducted on Tibet
interbedded skarn to investigate and characterize fatigue mechanical behavior of the tested …

To explore the mechanism of frequency on the evolution of deformation parameters, triaxial
compression tests under multi-level loading were carried out at different frequencies. The …

In this paper, the fatigue behaviour of intact sandstone samples obtained from a rockburst
prone coal mine and studied under dynamic uniaxial cyclic loading in the laboratory is …

A series of laboratory tests were performed to assess the effects of confining pressure on the
mechanical properties and fatigue damage evolution of sandstone samples subjected to …

Page 1 GEORGE E. ANDREEV Brittle Failure of Rock Materials Test Results and
Constitutive Models Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 This book comprises different basic aspects of …

This study presents the results of laboratory diametrical compression tests performed on
Brisbane tuff disc specimens to develop much-needed understanding of the micro …

The static and dynamic failure processes of hard rocks were simulated by compression tests
to investigate the precursors of hard rock instability. In the tests, acoustic emission (AE) …

Understanding the strength and deformation response of hard and soft rocks under cyclic
loading is very important for assessing fatigue in rock engineering structures. The effect of …