A multi-scale observation and crack statistics based method for analyzing failure mechanism of pre-flawed rock under true triaxial stress

• Bangxiang Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China, Shandong Energy Group, Jinan, China, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China

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• Xiaoqun Wang,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation School of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China

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• Hongbo Zhao ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources

  * E-mail: hbzhao@sdut.edu.cn, bxhbzhao@hotmail.com (HZ); anxuelei2009@163.com (XN)

  Affiliation School of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6071-6180

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• Dongyang Xu,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation School of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China

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• Guanhua Wang,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation School of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China

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• Tian Su,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation School of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, China

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• Xuelei An

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hbzhao@sdut.edu.cn, bxhbzhao@hotmail.com (HZ); anxuelei2009@163.com (XN)

  Affiliation Shandong Survey and Design Institute of Water Conservancy Co., Ltd, Jinan, China

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