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Effect of Cyclic Wetting–Drying Treatment on Strength and Failure Behavior of Two Quartz-Rich Sandstones Under Direct Shear

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The research work presented in this paper is in part supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 41702327, 41867033, and 51609178), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant nos. 2019M650144 and 2018T110800), the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (Grant no. 2018CFB593), open fund of State Key Laboratory of Safety and Health of Metal Mines (Grant no. zdsys2019-005), and the Open-end Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering (Grant no. SKLGDUEK1709). The authors are grateful to these financial supports.

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  1. School of Resources Engineering, Xian University of Architecture and Technology, Xian, 710000, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoshuang Li

  2. College of Civil Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan, 250200, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoshuang Li & Jun Peng

  3. State Key Laboratory of Safety and Health for Metal Mines, Sinosteel Maanshan General Institute of Mining Research Co., Ltd., Maanshan, 243000, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoshuang Li & Jun Peng

  4. China Shipbuilding NDRI Engineering Co., Ltd., Shanghai, 200063, People’s Republic of China

    Kun Peng

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Jun Peng

  6. Kunming Prospecting Design Institute of China Nonferrous Metals Industry Co., Ltd., Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

    Hanhua Xu

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Li, X., Peng, K., Peng, J. et al. Effect of Cyclic Wetting–Drying Treatment on Strength and Failure Behavior of Two Quartz-Rich Sandstones Under Direct Shear. Rock Mech Rock Eng 54, 5953–5960 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-021-02583-z

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