“…Long-tenn cyclic thermal loading behavior of granite rocks within this temperature range is not readily available in the literature except for application to CAES. Studies have been conducted in France (Mailhe et al, 1977) on the behavior of various rocks under the effect of alternating thermal shocks, for assessing the suitability of rocks for a CAES facility. The experiments were undertaken by an automatically contt'O lled o!J!…”