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

Figure 8

Crack development process of samples containing infilled flaws with the same β of 90° and different α of 0°, 45°, and 90° (blue lines represent tensile cracks and red lines represent shear cracks). (a) α = 0° and β = 90°, (b) α = 45° and β = 90°, (c) α = 90° and β = 90°.

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