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Effect of Thermal Treatment on Brazilian Tensile Strength of Granites with Different Grain Size Distributions

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Acknowledgements

Z.Z. was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51509138), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 8152020), the Recruitment Program of Beijing Youth Experts (No. 2014000020124G115), the Open-end Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering (No. SKLGDUEK1407). Z.L. was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41502190) and Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing (No. 2462014YJRC055).

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    Zhihong Zhao & Xue Li

  2. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

    Zhihong Zhao & Hai Pu

  3. School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China

    Zhina Liu

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Zhao, Z., Liu, Z., Pu, H. et al. Effect of Thermal Treatment on Brazilian Tensile Strength of Granites with Different Grain Size Distributions. Rock Mech Rock Eng 51, 1293–1303 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-018-1404-6

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