Experimental investigation on strength and failure behavior of pre-cracked marble under conventional triaxial compression

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4796-4819

  Yang, S Q ^a,b,c   Jiang, Y Z ^a,b   Xu, W Y ^a,b   Chen, X Q ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Criterion; Failure mode; Flawed sample; Internal friction angle; Marble; Secondary crack; Wing crack

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CRACKS; DATA COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAILURE MODES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; MARBLE; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLASTICITY; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PRESSURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK PRESSURE; ROCKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY;

(E ,2E) THEORY; CONFINING PRESSURES; CONVENTIONAL TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION (CTC); CRACK COALESCENCE; CRACK GEOMETRIES; DEFORMATION PROPERTIES; DIFFERENT CONFINING PRESSURES; EVALUATION CRITERIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FAILURE BEHAVIORS; FRACTURED ROCK MASSES; HOEK BROWN; HOEK BROWN CRITERION; INTERNAL FRICTION ANGLE; LINEAR MOHR-COULOMB (MC); MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; NATURAL ROCKS; NON LINEAR BEHAVIORS; NON-LINEAR; OPTIMAL APPROXIMATION; PEAK STRENGTHS; PEAK STRESSES; ROCK ENGINEERINGS; ROCK MASSES; SHEAR FAILURE MODE; SINGLE FRACTURE; STR ENGTH PARAMETERS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST (IGC: D6); UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

FRACTURE;

EID: 45449101854     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.04.023     Document Type: Article

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