Critical combination of tensile and shear stresses causing the crack propagation path in brittle clays subjected to uniaxial compression

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In this study, laboratory tests as well as theoretical and numerical analyses were used to analyze the evolution of crack propagation in specimens that are subjected to a uniaxial compressive stress. The crack propagation path follows a line of points subjected to combination of tensile and shear stresses which produce the contact bonds between particles to break and the crack to propagate.