Analysis of crack coalescence in rock-like materials containing three flaws—Part I: experimental approach

By R. Wong, K. T. Chau, C.A Tang, P. Lin. 2001

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Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Mechanics of Materials

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In Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

1. Xiaoping Zhou
2. Q. Qian
3. J. Bi
4. Lianyang Zhang
5. Xiaobin Ding
6. L. N. Wong
7. Xiao-Ping Zhang
8. Shengqi Yang

In Mechanics of Materials

1. Xiaoping Zhou
2. Q. Qian
3. J. Bi
4. Xiao-Ping Zhang
5. L. N. Wong
6. Shuwei Zhou
7. Lianyang Zhang
8. Xiaoying Zhuang

Citations in the corpus

• Numerical Modelling of the Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour of Opalinus Clay at the Laboratory-Scale Using FEM/DEM (2012, background): “The validity of this basic mechanism of fracture coalescence has been confirmed by several experimental and numerical studies (e.g., Bobet and Einstein 1998a, b; Tang and Kou 1998; Tang et al. 2001; Vesga et al. 2008; Yan 2008).”
• Crack coalescence behavior of brittle sandstone samples containing two coplanar fissures in the process of deformation failure (2011, background): “But, a number of works [1–6] have focused on physical test of model materials (rock-like materials) due to the easy fabrication of pre-existing fissures in model samples.”
• The 3D Numerical Simulation for the Propagation Process of Multiple Pre-existing Flaws in Rock-Like Materials Subjected to Biaxial Compressive Loads (2016, background): “…(Bobet and Einstein 1998a, b; Lee and Jeon 2011; Park and Bobet 2009, 2010; Sagong and Bobet 2002; Wong and Einstein 2009a, b; Wong et al. 2001; Zhou et al. 2014) and numerical studies (Zhou et al. 2015a, b; Bobet and Einstein 1998a, b; Liu et al. 2004; Ning et al. 2011a, b; Tang et al. 2001).”
• Experimental Study on the Growth, Coalescence and Wrapping Behaviors of 3D Cross-Embedded Flaws Under Uniaxial Compression (2018, background): “Damage induced by extensile microcracks is an essential mechanism in brittle rocks, which causes stress concentration around the tip of the flaw and leads to the initiation and splitting propagation of wing crack (Tang et al. 2001; Yang and Jing 2013; Cao et al. 2015).”
• Crack Coalescence in Molded Gypsum and Carrara Marble: Part 1. Macroscopic Observations and Interpretation (2009, neutral): “…- Molded gypsum (Reyes, 1991, Reyes & Einstein, 1991, Shen et al., 1995, Bobet, 1997, Bobet & Einstein, 1998, Sagong, 2001, Sagong & Bobet, 2002), - Sandstone-like molded barite (Wong, 1997, Wong & Chau, 1997, 1998, Wong et al., 2001), - Sandstone-like concrete mix (Mughieda & Alzo’ubi, 2004).”
• The Effects of Crack Openings on Crack Initiation, Propagation and Coalescence Behavior in Rock-Like Materials Under Uniaxial Compression (2016, background): “The failure mechanism and crack coalescence modes in samples of rock-like material containing three flaws under uniaxial compressive loads were numerically simulated (Tang et al. 2001; Tang and Hudson 2010).”
• Cracking and Stress–Strain Behavior of Rock-Like Material Containing Two Flaws Under Uniaxial Compression (2016, methodology): “Although theoretical analyses and numerical simulations were carried out on strain related to cracking (Tang et al. 2001; Lee and Jeon 2011; Zhang and Wong 2012; Gonçalves da Silva and Einstein 2012; Wong and Li 2013), few experimental investigations were performed to study the local strain concentr”
• Phase field modelling of crack propagation, branching and coalescence in rocks (2018, positive): “Many efforts have been made to study crack propagation in rock, see for instance the contributions in Bobet and Einstein (1998), Wong et al. (2001), Sagong and Bobet (2002), Wong and Einstein (2009), Park and Bobet (2009), Park and Bobet (2010), Lee and Jeon (2011), and Zhou et al. (2014).”
• An Experimental Study of Crack Coalescence Behaviour in Rock-Like Materials Containing Multiple Flaws Under Uniaxial Compression (2014, background): “…along the maximum principal compressive direction, resulting in crack coalescence and unstable failure of rock or rock-like materials (Shen et al. 1995; Bobet and Einstein 1998; Wong and Chau 1998; Wong et al. 2001; Sagong and Bobet 2002; Park and Bobet 2009; Wong and Einstein 2009a, b).”
• Cracking processes in Barre granite: fracture process zones and crack coalescence (2013, background): “Studies specifically addressing coalescence include those by Shen et al. (1995), Bobet and Einstein (1998), Wong and Chau (1998), Wong et al. (2001), and Li et al. (2005).”
• A three-dimensional numerical investigation of the fracture of rock specimens containing a pre-existing surface flaw (2012, background): “[34]; however, as far as the numerical simulations of 3D fractures from surface flaws are concerned, little information has been reported in the literature.”