The purpose of this review is to discuss the development and the state of the art in dynamic
testing techniques and dynamic mechanical behaviour of rock materials. The review begins …

Dynamic properties of rocks are important in a variety of rock mechanics and rock
engineering problems. Due to the transient nature of the loading, dynamic tests of rock …

The effects of high strain rates and low confining pressures on the dynamic mechanical
properties of sandstone were investigated experimentally with a modified triaxial split …

A new rockburst classification, innovative works in developing a “strainburst test machine”
and an “impact-induced rockburst test machine” that can reproduce rockbursts in laboratory …

This study aims to explore dynamic behaviours of fracturing and damage evolution of rock
materials at the grain scale. A grain-based discrete element method (GB-DEM) is proposed …

Strain rockburst poses a great threat to the construction safety of deep engineering,
especially induced by dynamic impact loads such as blasting from the adjacent tunnel …

Accurate characterizations of rock strengths under higher loading rates are crucial in many
rock engineering applications. The split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system has been …

Many large engineering projects, eg, the Sichuan–Tibet Railway, inevitably cross the
earthquake active areas and the geology complicated zones, facing the challenges of …

Full-field strain and strain-rate fields of rock materials under dynamic compression were
studied by the high-speed three-dimensional digital image correlation (3D-DIC) method. A …

Uniaxial compression tests are the most common tests for characterizing the strength of
concrete-like materials. The dynamic compression strength of concrete-like material is …