Experimental Study of Size Effects on the Deformation Strength and Failure Characteristics of Hard Rocks under True Triaxial Compression

<div>Pictures of BHT basalt and its microstructures under cross-polarized illumination. (a) BHT basalt specimen of SL size; (b) local magnification of the specimen in (a); (c) microstructures of (b) under cross-polarized illumination part.</div>

Advances in Civil Engineering

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Figure 14: Experimental Study of Size Effects on the Deformation Strength and Failure Characteristics of Hard Rocks under True Triaxial Compression 