Journal
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS
Volume 119, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103327
Keywords
Crack initiation toughness; Unstable fracture toughness; Double-K fracture criterion; Double-G fracture criterion; Acoustic emission
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52004072, 52164001, 52064006]
- Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Foundation [[2020]4Y044, [2021]292, [2021]N404]
- Research Fund for Talents of Guizhou University [201901]
- Specialized Research Funds of Guizhou University [201903]
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This study accurately determined the crack initiation toughness using classical equivalent elastic fracture theories and inversely computed the cohesive fracture toughness through the double-K fracture criterion (DKFC) and the double-G fracture criterion (DGFC). Experimental results showed significant weakening trends in strength and deformation parameters with changing bedding direction. Moreover, there were little differences in crack initiation toughness among different calculation methods. The applicability of DKFC and DGFC was validated using acoustic emission (AE) technique. This study provides important fracture mechanics parameters for underground engineering and tunnel engineering.
The fracture mechanics behaviors of rock with bedding plane structure have considerable influences on rock mass engineering, among which crack initiation toughness (K-Iini) and unstable fracture toughness (K-Iun) play a significant role. This work first adopts the classical equivalent elastic fracture theories from different perspectives to precisely determine K-Iun. Then the double-K fracture criterion (DKFC) and the double-G fracture criterion (DGFC) are employed to inversely compute K-Iini through cohesive fracture toughness (K-Ic). The experimental results indicate that the crucial strength and deformation parameters show obvious weakening trends as the bedding direction varies from horizontal to vertical for stratified sandstone under standard three-point bending with a loading rate of 0.0001 mm/s. Furthermore, there are little differences in K-Iun among three common calculation methods, including the ASTM standard, the Guinea proposed method, and the energy release rate. The average values of K-Iun are 8.20 MPa.mm(1/2), 7.38 MPa.mm(1/2), 4.76 MPa.mm(1/2), and 4.49 MPa.mm(1/2) for the tested specimens with bedded orientation angles 0 degrees, 30 degrees, 60 degrees, and 90 degrees, respectively. However, there is a remarkable difference between K-Iini(K) evaluated by the DKFC and K-Iini(G) evaluated by the DGFC, and two relationships are satisfied as KIiniK = 0.42K(Iun) and K-Iini(G) = 0.30K(Iun). Additionally, the applicability of the DKFC and the DGFC is validated by the acoustic emission (AE) technique. The comparisons manifest that the crack initiation toughness evaluated by the AE counts and cumulative AE counts is consistent with that of the DGFC. The leading significances for this study are to explore the application of various fracture mechanics theories to three-point bending specimens and provide fracture mechanics parameters for underground engineering and tunnel engineering.
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