Examples of common failure modes observed in hard brittle rocks

Failure modes in fluid saturated rocks: deformation processes and mode-switching, Geological Magazine

Strength characteristics and failure behavior of ubiquitous-joint rock-like specimens under compressive-shear stress: experimental study and digital speckle correlation method - Extrica

Frontiers Mechanical properties and failure law of composite rock containing two coplanar fractures

Typical rock failures under high stress conditions.

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Deformation of Rock

Mechanical Properties and Failure Modes of Rock Specimens with Specific Joint Geometries in Triaxial Unloading Compressive Test

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Rockburst characteristics of several hard brittle rocks: A true triaxial experimental study - ScienceDirect