Laboratory Investigation on the Effects of Natural Fracture on Fracture Evolution of Granite Exposed to Freeze-Thaw-Cyclic (FTC) Loads

Figure 11

Plots of the irreversible deformation against the number of loading cycle. (a–c) Evolution of the axial, lateral, and volumetric irreversible strains with cycle loading number, respectively.

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