DDA Simulation Study on Mechanical Failure of Heterogenous Rock

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2021/1416560/figures/1416560.fig.006a.svgz" name="1416560.fig.006a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Fracturing failure</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2021/1416560/figures/1416560.fig.006b.svgz" name="1416560.fig.006b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Macroscopic response curves</td></tr></table>

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DDA Simulation Study on Mechanical Failure of Heterogenous Rock

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