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Deformation Mechanisms of Crushable Blocky Materials Upon Lateral Unloading for a Biaxial Stress State

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The author thanks the anonymous reviewer for his careful review, contributions and critics, which led to the improvement of the manuscript. The author is deeply indebted to the late Prof. Zhujiang Shen of Tsinghua University and Prof. Tielin Chen of Beijing Jiaotong University for their valuable discussion and help in performing the tests. This work was funded by National Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51009103).

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Liu, E. Deformation Mechanisms of Crushable Blocky Materials Upon Lateral Unloading for a Biaxial Stress State. Rock Mech Rock Eng 45, 439–444 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-011-0210-1

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