Najaf Ali Ghavidel

[ 1 ] - Analytical Solution for Stress Field and Intensity Factor in CSTBD under Mixed Mode Conditions

Considering the fact that rocks fail faster under tensile stress, rock tensile strength is of greatimportance in applications such as blasting, rock fragmentation, slope stability, hydraulic fracturing,caprock integrity, and geothermal energy extraction. There are two direct and indirect methods tomeasure tensile strength. Since direct methods always encompass difficulties in test setup, indire...