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The paper examines the cracks initiation, propagation and coalescence until failure in a crystalline rock under stress states involving rock volumes varying in size, from nano (Berkovich indentation in Continuous Stiffness Measurement mode) to micro (Vickers indentation, scratching) and macro (Rockwell indentation, Rock Impact Hardness Number) scales. The experimental work was performed on a calcitic...
Indentation tests have been carried out on a marble in order to define the role of the intra-grain microcracks on its mechanical behavior. The investigated marble shows a strong variability in grain-texture (granoblastic to xenoblastic) also on the scale of centimeter and contains different types of microdiscontinuities (cleavage cracks, grain boundaries cracks), despite the almost monomineralic composition...
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