Crack coalescence in molded gypsum and Carrara marble
Comparing the fracturing and coalescence behaviors in the two tested materials, tensile fracturing generally occurs more often in marble than in gypsum for the same flaw pair of the pronounced differences observed between marble and gypsum during the compression loading test was the development of macroscopic white patches prior to the initiation of macroscopic cracks in marble ...
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