In the failure of quasi-brittle materials such as rocks, microstuctural damage always precedes
macroscopic fracture and manifests itself in the formation of fracture process zones (FPZs). …

The purpose of this review is to discuss the development and the contribution of the
experiments and numerical simulations in compression‐induced failure characteristics of flawed …

For a full understanding of the cracking processes in granite, uniaxial compression tests are
conducted on prismatic specimens with pre-existing flaws, and digital imaging and AE …

The crack initiation, growth, wrapping and coalescence of two 3D pre-existing cross-embedded
flaws in PMMA specimens under uniaxial compression are investigated. The stress–…

Uniaxial compression tests with combined acousto-optical monitoring techniques are conducted
on flawed granite specimens, with the aim of investigating the fracture-related acoustic …

This paper experimentally evaluates and quantitatively compares stress-induced damage
progression and acoustic emission (AE) in granite and sandstone based on continuous …

Spatial distributions of the near-field and internal electromagnetic intensities have been
calculated and experimentally observed for dielectric cylinders and spheres which are large …

An evidently precursory acoustic emission (AE) time series, characterized by a time‐reversed
Omori law, is registered prior to the unconfined catastrophic rupture of brittle sandstone. …

Uniaxial compression tests combined with nondestructive testing techniques are performed
to explore the roles of non‐isometric flaws in crack developments in brittle rocks. The …

Brittleness has significant effects on the fracturing behaviors of preflawed rock-like materials.
In this study, uniaxial compressive experiments are conducted on rock-like specimens …