Research Article

Fracture Analysis of Compacted Clay Soil Beams with Offset Notches Based on Three-Point Bending Test: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation

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The MPSN of the crack propagation process using XFEM. (a) Initial stage; (b) early stage; (c) mid-late stage; and (d) complete crack stage of crack propagation process.
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