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The Brazilian Disc Test Under a Non-Uniform Contact Pressure Along Its Thickness

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Abbreviations

\(F\) :

Applied force at failure in a Brazilian test

\(I_{m} (\gamma _{n} r)\) :

Modified Bessel function of the first kind of order \(m\) and the non-negative argument \(\gamma _{n} r\)

\(2L\), \(r_0\) :

Thickness and radius of a Brazilian disc specimen

\(m, n, B_{mn}, D_{mn}\) :

Constants

\(P\) :

Total load per radial length applied on the lateral curved surface of a Brazilian disc

\(2\alpha\) :

Contact angle in a Brazilian disc

\(r,\ \theta ,\ z\) :

Polar coordinates

\(x,\ y,\ z\) :

Cartesian coordinates

\({\sigma }_{rr}\) :

Radial stress components in cylindrical coordinates

\(\phi _{(r,\theta ,z)}, \varvec{\psi }_{(\psi _r, \psi _\theta , \psi _z)}\) :

Harmonic scalar and harmonic vector potentials in cylindrical coordinates, respectively

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    Mehdi Serati & Nazife Erarslan

  2. School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland, West St, Toowoomba, QLD, 4350, Australia

    Habib Alehossein

  3. Adana Science and Technology University, Adana, Turkey

    Nazife Erarslan

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Serati, M., Alehossein, H. & Erarslan, N. The Brazilian Disc Test Under a Non-Uniform Contact Pressure Along Its Thickness. Rock Mech Rock Eng 49, 1573–1577 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-015-0773-3

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