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

Figure 15

Output of AE energy for the tested granite samples. (a–d) It corresponds to samples of NFG-34, NFG-24, NFG-21, and NFG-30, and the corresponding natural fracture volume ratios are 0.19%, 0.15%, 0.13%, and 0.11%, respectively.

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