Mechanical response and acoustic emission characteristics of damaged mudstone.

Sci Rep · 2025 · PMC12615823 · PMID 41233491

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With the accumulation and connection of these microcracks, the load-bearing skeleton of the specimen was weakened, and the overall strength thus showed a decreasing trend step by step.

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