It can be seen from the Fig. 5, Fig. 6, the elastic modulus and deviatoric stress are decreased first and then increased with increasing of fracture dip angle. The minimum point occurs at the 60 degrees, followed by 30 degrees and 90 degrees, the value of the intact samples (0 degree) is the highest. The ratios of σh and the maximum deviatoric stress are 54.83%, 43.13%, 37.29% and 33.23% after 0, 20, 40 and 60 freeze-thaw cycle(s), where σh is defined as the difference between maximum and