We thank LetPub (www.letpub.com) for its linguistic assistance during the preparation of this manuscript. The work was supported by the Academy of Finland, grant numbers #299087, #328265, #311415, #331368, #343408, The Finnish Science Foundation for Technology and Economics, grant number ...
damage zone on the granite's surface, exhibiting a positive correlation and elliptical morphology aligned with the static stress direction. Under constant vertical stress, the horizontal stress played an inhibiting role in the failure of the back surface of the granite, leading to a morphological shi...