Van De Steen et al. (2005)

Coviello et al. (2005)

Aydin and Basu (2006)

Presenting explicit expressions for the stresses and strains at any point of an anisotropic circular disc compressed diametrically

Deriving an explicit solution and giving the stress charts for the tensile principal stress for anisotropic (transversely isotropic) rock, particularly the principal tensile stress at the center of a disc due to opposing normal point loads

Analyzing the influence of the friction force applied over two opposite arcs on the stress distribution of the Brazilian test theoretically. Pointing out that the stress distribution inside the sample is only marginally affected by the effects of the frictional conditions at the boundary

Presenting an analysis of the Kaiser effect degradation with increasing deviation of the principal stress between loading cycles in Brazilian tests. Using the displacement discontinuity method to confirm these experimental results

Presenting a digital image processing-based finite- element method for two-dimensional mechanical analysis of geomaterials, taking into account material inhomogeneities and microstructures

Proposing a flattened Brazilian disc test to determine the elastic modulus E, tensile strength r_t, and opening mode fracture toughness K_IC for brittle rocks in one test

Proposing that fracturing in the Brazilian test initiated in shear in the vicinity of one of the platens, subsequently growing in tension

Presenting a critical assessment of some widely used laboratory techniques on the basis of experimental data from the literature and their own investigations. Performing various types of tests for determining the tensile strength of soft rocks, including the uniaxial, Brazilian, ring, three- and four-point bending, and Luong tests

Proposing an indicator of weathering and accompanying microstructural weakening of igneous rocks by using the diametral stress–strain curves in the Brazilian tension test

Discussing the strain distributions of the anisotropic Brazilian disc

Stress-based analysis on the effect of anisotropy of rocks. The proposed approximate formula reduces to Eq. (1) for isotropic rocks

Both inward and outward friction forces acting on the Brazilian specimen are taken into consideration

Acoustic emission was monitored during the Brazilian test, and a two-dimensional (2D) displacement discontinuity numerical method was introduced

The inhomogeneities of the material have significant effects on the tensile stress distribution along the loading axis of Brazilian specimens