Effects of Flaw Geometry on the Fracturing Behavior of Rock-Like Materials Containing Two Arch-Like Parallelogram Flaws

<div>The crack initiation, second initiation, and peak stress versus flaw inclination angle in the specimens. <i>Note</i>. The lines pass through the average magnitude of the stresses for different flaw inclination angles.</div>

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Figure 7: Effects of Flaw Geometry on the Fracturing Behavior of Rock-Like Materials Containing Two Arch-Like Parallelogram Flaws 