Crack Coalescence in Molded Gypsum and Carrara Marble
Cracking and coalescence behavior has been studied experimentally with prismatic laboratorymolded gypsum and Carrara marble specimens containing two parallel preexisting open flaws. This was done at both the macroscopic and the microscopic scales, and the results are presented in two separate papers. This paper (the first of two) summarizes the macroscopic experimental results and