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The Stress Field in a Standardized Brazilian Disc: The Influence of the Loading Type Acting on the Actual Contact Length by Markides, Ch. F., Kourkoulis, S. K.

“…The aim of the present study was to determine the stress field developed in a Brazilian disc under conditions closely approaching those of the actual test…”
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The standardized Brazilian disc test as a contact problem by Kourkoulis, S.K., Markides, Ch.F., Chatzistergos, P.E.

“…The standardized Brazilian disc test is revisited considering the disc-jaw complex as a system of two elastic bodies in contact. The aim of the study is to…”
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Stresses and displacements in a circular ring under parabolic diametral compression by KOURKOULIS, S. K, MARKIDES, Ch. F

“…The response of a linear elastic circular ring to a parabolic distribution of radial pressure, imposed along two symmetric arcs of its outer perimeter, is…”
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Naturally Accepted Boundary Conditions for the Brazilian Disc Test and the Corresponding Stress Field by Markides, Ch. F., Kourkoulis, S. K.

“…The stress field developed in the Brazilian disc is determined assuming that the disc is under the influence of a combination of two load distributions, namely…”
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The finite circular disc with a central elliptic hole under parabolic pressure by Markides, Ch. F., Kourkoulis, S. K.

“…The mechanical response of a finite circular disc with a central elliptic hole is modelled mathematically assuming that the disc is subjected to radial…”
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Closed full-field solutions for stresses and displacements in the Brazilian disk under distributed radial load by Markides, Ch.F., Pazis, D.N., Kourkoulis, S.K.

“…The Brazilian disk test, namely the diametric compression of a circular disk by radial loads that are uniformly distributed along two symmetric arcs of its…”
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‘Mathematical’ Cracks Versus Artificial Slits: Implications in the Determination of Fracture Toughness by Markides, Ch. F., Kourkoulis, S. K.

“…An analytic solution is introduced for the stress field developed in a circular finite disc weakened by a central slit of arbitrary ratio of its edges and…”
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Frictional stresses at the disc–jaw interface during the standardized execution of the Brazilian disc test by Kourkoulis, S. K., Markides, Ch. F., Hemsley, J. A.

“…An attempt to more accurately describe the boundary conditions of the standardized Brazilian disc test is presented. Specifically addressed is the problem of…”
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Stress intensity factors for the Brazilian disc with a short central crack: Opening versus closing cracks by Markides, Ch.F., Pazis, D.N., Kourkoulis, S.K.

“…Closed form expressions are obtained for the stress intensity factors (SIFs) in case of a Brazilian disc with a short central crack, the length of which does…”
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The incurved Brazilian disc as an alternative to the standardized Brazilian disc test by Markides, Ch.F., Kourkoulis, S.K.

“…•An alternative configuration for the indirect tensile strength is proposed.•Analytical solution is obtained by means of the complex potentials technique.•The…”
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Analytic solution for the stress field in an orthotropic disc under diametral parabolic pressure by Markides, Ch.F., Kourkoulis, S.K.

“…A full-field analytic solution for the stress field developed in a circular disc made of an orthotropic material is obtained assuming that the disc is under…”
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The circular disc under rotational moment and friction: application to the cracked Brazilian disc test by Markides, Ch. F., Kourkoulis, S. K.

“…Indications from literature suggest that a centrally cracked circular disc subjected to diametral loading exhibits a rigid body rotation tendency due to the…”
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The influence of jaw's curvature on the results of the Brazilian disc test by Ch.F. Markides, S.K. Kourkoulis

“…The general contact problem of a disc squeezed between jaws of arbitrary curvature is considered employing Muskhelishvili's complex potentials. Taking…”
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The centrally cracked Brazilian disc: closed solutions for stresses and displacements for cracks under opening mode by Markides, Ch. F., Pazis, D. N., Kourkoulis, S. K.

“…Closed-form solutions for the stress and displacement fields in a centrally cracked Brazilian disc are obtained. The disc is subjected to uniformly distributed…”
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An alternative analytic approach to the Brazilian disc test with friction at the disc-jaw interface by Markides, Ch. F., Kourkoulis, S. K.

“…The role of the tangential (friction) stresses developed at the disc-jaw interface during the standardized realization of the Brazilian disc test is…”
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Reconsidering the Determination of the Tensile Strength of Orthotropic Rocks by Means of the Brazilian Disc Test by Markides, Ch. F., Kourkoulis, S. K.

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The Brazilian disc under parabolically varying load: Theoretical and experimental study of the displacement field by Kourkoulis, S.K., Markides, Ch.F., Chatzistergos, P.E.

“…The displacement field in an intact Brazilian disc under the influence of a parabolically varying radial pressure distribution acting along two symmetric arcs…”
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The Brazilian disc under non-uniform distribution of radial pressure and friction by Markides, Ch.F., Pazis, D.N., Kourkoulis, S.K.

“…The stress field developed in an intact Brazilian disc is determined assuming that the externally imposed radial pressure is not uniform but rather it varies…”
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The influence of friction on the stress field of the Brazilian disc test: An experimental and theoretical analysis by Brémand, Fabrice, Markides, C.F., Pazis, D.N., Kourkoulis, S.K.

“…A theoretical solution is proposed here for the determination of the stress field developed in an intact Brazilian disc in presence of tangential forces, based…”
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