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Experimental Study of Mode-I Fracture Toughness for Layered Shale Based on Two ISRM-Suggested Methods

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Abbreviations

K IC :

Mode-I fracture toughness

Y*:

Non-dimensional stress intensity factor

P :

Applied load

B :

Thickness of the specimen

D :

Diameter of the specimen

D s :

Diameter of the saw

R :

Radius of the specimen

h c :

Cutting depth

a :

Length of the artificial notch

S :

Distance between the two fulcrums

θ :

Angle between the joints and the loading direction

β :

a/R

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This work was financially supported by the Plan For Scientific Innovation Talent of Henan Province (No: 154100510006), the Key Scientific and Technological Project of Henan Province (No: 152102210111), North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power High-level Scientific Research Funds (No: 201532), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No: 41402269), and the Scientific and Technological Project of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (No: 201491105).

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  1. School of Resources and Environment, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, 450045, Henan, China

    Hongjian Wang, Fei Zhao, Zhiquan Huang, Yamin Yao & Guangxiang Yuan

  2. Xinjiang Institute of Engineering, Wulumuqi, 830091, Xinjiang, China

    Hongjian Wang, Zhiquan Huang & Yamin Yao

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Wang, H., Zhao, F., Huang, Z. et al. Experimental Study of Mode-I Fracture Toughness for Layered Shale Based on Two ISRM-Suggested Methods. Rock Mech Rock Eng 50, 1933–1939 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-017-1180-8

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