New unloading criterion for enhancing multi-stage triaxial tests based on radial strain gradient

This paper presents a new criterion for determining the unloading points quantitatively and consistently in a multi-stage triaxial test. The radial strain gradient (RSG) is first introduced as an arc tangent function of the rate of change of radial strain to time. RSG is observed to correlate closel...

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Main Authors: Guodong Jin, Shujath Ali Syed, Héctor José González-Pérez, Hyung Tae Kwak, Ali Abdullah Yousef, Ali Abdullah Al Dhamen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-08-01
Series:Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775525000599
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