Effects of bedding planes on mechanical characteristics and crack evolution of rocks containing a single pre-existing flaw

The existence of bedding planes in rock materials has an obvious impact on the material mechanical properties and the failure process of engineering projects. In this study, a series of pre-cracked models with different bedding plane properties (i.e., strength reduction factor, bedding plane angle and spacing) were established and simulated to fail under the uniaxial compression. The results indicate that the increases of the strength reduction...