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Apparent Deterioration Law and Shear Failure Mode of Rock-Mortar Interface Based on Topography-Sensing Technology

Linglin Xie1,2, Wenyu Tang3, Hang Lin3

  • 1Key Laboratory of Natural Resources Monitoring and Supervision in Southern Hilly Region, Ministry of Natural Resources, Changsha 430071, China.

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
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cyclic shear loadingrock–mortar interfacetopography-sensing technology

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