Numerical Investigation and Analysis of Intermediate Principal Stress Effects on Rock Failure Behaviors

Figure 6

Deviator stress-strain curves in three directions. (a) b = 0, (b) b = 0.2, (c) b = 0.4, (d) b = 0.8, and (e) b = 1.0.

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