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The construction efficiency and quality of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) is largely determined by the service life of cutting tools, which is the result of contact loads in the crushed zone between cutter ring and rock. In this paper, a series of rock breaking tests were conducted with a 216 mm diameter disc cutter and concrete samples. Based on the superposition principle, the distribution of contact...