Rock-breaking performances of the special-shaped PDC cutter: insights from discrete element model

Xiaohua Zhu, Yanfei Wang, Weiji Liu

2025Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering8 citationsDOI

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