Effect of Layering on Cracking Initiation and Propagation under Uniaxial Compression

Anahita Modiriasari1, Liyang Jiang2, Hongkyu Yoon3, Antonio Bobet1 and Laura J Pyrak-Nolte1,4, (1)Purdue University, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (2)Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (3)Sandia National Laboratories, Geomechanics Department, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (4)Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Department of Earth, Atomospheric and Planetary Sciences; Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, United States