Experimental Study on Dynamic Compression Characteristics of Red Sandstone under Wetting-Drying Cycles

Figure 11

Failure modes of specimens with different strain rates and number of wetting-drying cycles. (a) (n = 0, ɛ = 87 s⁻¹), (b) (n = 5, ɛ = 88 s⁻¹), (c) (n = 10, ɛ = 90 s⁻¹), (d) (n = 15, ɛ = 92 s⁻¹), (e) (n = 20, ɛ = 93 s⁻¹), (f) (n = 10, ɛ = 91 s⁻¹), (g) (n = 10, ɛ = 102 s⁻¹), (h) (n = 10, ɛ = 112 s⁻¹), and (i) (n = 10, ɛ = 124 s⁻¹).

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