Experimental investigation on fracturing process of marble under biaxial compression

In this study, servo-controlled biaxial compression tests were conducted on marble specimens to investigate their failure characteristics and fracturing process. The complete stress–strain curves were obtained, and the three-dimensional (3D) features of the failure surfaces were acquired by 3D laser scanning. Acoustic emission (AE) monitoring and moment tensor (MT) analysis were used in combination to better understand the fracturing mechanism...