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Experimental Rock Stability Assessment Using the Frozen–Thawing Test

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Abbreviations

LDV:

Laser Doppler vibrometer

FFT:

Frozen–thawing test

f :

Natural vibration frequency

M :

Mass of the block

L :

Moment arm of gravity

μ :

Coefficient of cohesive strength

S :

Bond width

l :

Bond length

μ 0 :

Initial coefficient of cohesive force

F 0 :

Initial value of cohesive force

f 0 :

Initial value of natural vibration frequency

c 0 :

Initial value of cohesion

SF i :

Safety factor of unstable rock at a certain time

θ s :

Angle of the slope

ϕ :

Friction angle

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 41372370 and 41572274, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant No. 2016M591078, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China under Grant No. FRF-TP-16-014A1.

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China

    Yan Du & Mo-wen Xie

  2. Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

    Yu-jing Jiang & Santos Chicas

  3. Rock Mechanics and Geohazards Center, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China

    Bo Li

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Du, Y., Xie, Mw., Jiang, Yj. et al. Experimental Rock Stability Assessment Using the Frozen–Thawing Test. Rock Mech Rock Eng 50, 1049–1053 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-016-1138-2

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