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Modified Formula for the Tensile Strength as Obtained by the Flattened Brazilian Disk Test

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This paper gets its funding from Projects 51304240, 51474249, and 51374246 supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project TTE2014-03 supported by the Key Laboratory of Transportation Tunnel Engineering, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University; Project SKLGDUEK1405 funded by the Open Projects of State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, CUMT. The authors wish to acknowledge these supports.

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  1. School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, Hunan, China

    Hang Lin & Wei Xiong

  2. Key Laboratory of Transportation Tunnel Engineering, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, Sichuan, China

    Hang Lin & Qixiang Yan

  3. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, China

    Hang Lin

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Lin, H., Xiong, W. & Yan, Q. Modified Formula for the Tensile Strength as Obtained by the Flattened Brazilian Disk Test. Rock Mech Rock Eng 49, 1579–1586 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-015-0785-z

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