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The Microscopic Mechanism of Crack Evolution in Brittle Material Containing 3-D Embedded Flaw

Authors: Bangxiang Li, Song Yu, Weishen Zhu, Weibing Cai, Lei Yang, Yiguo Xue, Yong Li

Published in: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering | Issue 11/2020

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In this paper, the microscopic mechanism of crack evolution in brittle material containing 3-D embedded flaw is investigated. The crack evolution mode of 3-D flaw is summarized by the uniaxial compression experiment first. Based on experiment results, the micro-parameters in the flat-joint model are calibrated and numerical models containing 3-D embedded flaw are established in PFC3D. Then, the numerical uniaxial compression experiment is carried out to validate the effectiveness of numerical model. The simulation results indicate that the flat-joint model is appropriate to model the cracking processes of 3-D flaw. The method of particle velocity vector field is introduced to analyze crack evolution mechanism, and four types of particle velocity vector field corresponding to typical cracks are proposed. Generally, the initiation of wing crack is tensile crack and the further propagation is mixed tensile and shear crack. However, the interaction between flaws has important impacts on the crack evolution mechanism and the specimen failure mode. In the rock bridge, wing crack may initiate as mixed tensile and shear crack. The failure mode turns from burst failure to splitting failure with the condition changing from single flaw to double flaws.

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Title: The Microscopic Mechanism of Crack Evolution in Brittle Material Containing 3-D Embedded Flaw
Authors: Bangxiang Li
Song Yu
Weishen Zhu
Weibing Cai
Lei Yang
Yiguo Xue
Yong Li
Publication date: 07-08-2020
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering / Issue 11/2020
Print ISSN: 0723-2632
Electronic ISSN: 1434-453X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-020-02214-z

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