3D XCT Mesostructure Characterization and Image-Based Discrete Element (DE) Modelling of Failure Patterns in Coal Gangue Particles (CGPs)

Figure 18

Damage initiation and evolution states under positive y-load at loading points A∼D (in this figure, a and b represent the failure zone of coal and gangue phases, respectively, c and d represent the undamaged zone of coal and gangue phases, respectively).

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