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11 of 11 Erik Eberhardt UBC Geological Engineering EOSC 433 (2008)
Laboratory Testing of Damage Initiation Laboratory Testing of Damage Initiation
Correlating the measured stress-strain behavior of a rock sample during
uniaxial compression, to the opening and closing of Griffith cracks
several important stages in the progressive failure of the sample can be
detected. Amongst these, crack initiation represents the stress where
microfracturing begins and is marked as the point where the lateral or
volumetric strain curves depart from linearity.