An Electro Breakdown Damage Model for Granite and Simulation of Deep Drilling by High-Voltage Electropulse Boring

Figure 11

Breaking state of electropulses inside granite at 100 μs under confining pressures of (a) 0 MPa; (b) 12 MPa; (c) 23 MPa; and (d) 34 MPa.

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