Numerical Analyses of Fracturing Behavior and Strength of Specimens with Two Parallel Infilled Flaws under Uniaxial Compression

<div>Contact force chain of samples containing unfilled flaws with the same <i>α</i> of 75° and different <i>β</i> of 60°, 90°, and 120° at the (a) crack initiation moment and (b) peak stress moment (red contact force chain represents tension and black contact force chain represents compression).</div>

Advances in Civil Engineering

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Figure 7: Numerical Analyses of Fracturing Behavior and Strength of Specimens with Two Parallel Infilled Flaws under Uniaxial Compression 