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Water-Weakening Effects on the Strength of Hard Rocks at Different Loading Rates: An Experimental Study

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41772322) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant no. 2018YFC1505004).

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    Jun Zhu, Jianhui Deng, Yuanjun Ma & Yifan Yao

  2. College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China

    Fei Chen

  3. College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China

    Fei Chen

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Zhu, J., Deng, J., Chen, F. et al. Water-Weakening Effects on the Strength of Hard Rocks at Different Loading Rates: An Experimental Study. Rock Mech Rock Eng 54, 4347–4353 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-021-02482-3

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