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Experimental Study on the Shear Mechanical Behavior of Sandstone Under Normal Tensile Stress Using a New Double-Shear Testing Device

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Abbreviations

σ n :

Normal stress

τ :

Shear stress

F n :

Normal force

F s :

Shear force

S :

Sectional area of rock sample

D p :

Peak shear displacement

σ t :

Uniaxial tensile strength

n :

Fitting parameter

τ f :

Shear strength

A, B :

Fitting constants

φ :

Internal friction angle

c :

Cohesion

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Acknowledgements

The study is supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 106112017CDJXSYY002), the Graduate Research and Innovation Foundation of Chongqing, China (No. CYB17043), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41472245, 41672300), and the Scientific Research Foundation of State Key Lab. of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control (No. 2011DA105287-MS201502).

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  2. State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

    Da Huang & Tantan Zhu

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Huang, D., Zhu, T. Experimental Study on the Shear Mechanical Behavior of Sandstone Under Normal Tensile Stress Using a New Double-Shear Testing Device. Rock Mech Rock Eng 52, 3467–3474 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-019-01762-3

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