The experimental tests for limestone specimens in uniaxial compression were carried out to study the mechanical effects of loading rates on limestone using electro-hydraulic and servo-controlled testing machine (RMT-150B), in which loading rate was treated as a variable. Mechanical characteristics of rock influenced by the loading rates, such as a uniaxial compressive strength, deformation, mode of failure as well as the post-failure behaviour and complete stress-strain curve, were analyzed quantitatively. The complete uniaxial compression failure curve and some important characteristics and p...
