Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Energy Evolution Characteristic of Granite considering the Loading Rate Effect

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Evolution process of the stored elastic energy and released kinetic energy of specimen with different loading rates. (a) 0.05 Mpa/s; (b) 1.0 Mpa/s; (c) 3.0 Mpa/s; and (d) 5.0 MPa/s.
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