Systematic evaluation of cracking behavior in specimens containing single flaws under uniaxial compression

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-249

  Wong, L N Y ^a   Einstein, H H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack type classification scheme; High speed camera; Shear cracks; Tensile cracks; Uniaxial compressive loading test

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPEED CAMERAS;

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CRACK TYPE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS; LOADING TESTS; SHEAR CRACK; TENSILE CRACK; TYPE CLASSIFICATIONS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE LOADING; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE LOADING TEST;

CRACKS;

COMPRESSION; CRACKING; GEOMETRY; LOADING TEST; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 58349112122     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Bombolakis EG. Photoelastic stress analysis of crack propagation within a compressive stress field. Ph.D. thesis, MIT, Cambridge, 1963. p. 38.
2. Brace W.F., and Bombolakis E.G. A note on brittle crack growth in compression. J Geophys Res 68 12 (1963) 3709-3713
3. Nemat-Nasser S., and Horii H. Compression-induced nonplanar crack extension with application to splitting, exfoliation, and rockburst. J Geophys Res 87 8 (1982) 6805-6821
4. Horii H., and Nemat-Nasser S. Compression-induced microcrack growth in brittle solids: axial splitting and shear failure. J Geophys Res 90 B4 (1985) 3105-3125
5. Hoek E., and Bieniawski Z.T. Brittle fracture propagation in rock under compression. Int J Fract 1 (1965) 137-155
6. Bieniawski Z.T. Mechanism of brittle fracture of rock, Part II-experimental studies. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 4 (1967) 407-423
7. Lajtai E.Z. Brittle fracture in compression. Int J Fract 10 (1974) 525-536
8. Nesetova V., and Lajtai E.Z. Fracture from compressive stress concentrations around elastic flaws. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 10 (1973) 265-284
9. Petit J., and Barquins M. Can natural faults propagate under mode II conditions?. Tectonics 7 6 (1988) 1246-1265
10. Chaker C., and Barquins M. Sliding effect on branch crack. Phys Chem Earth 21 4 (1996) 319-323
11. Reyes O, Einstein HH. Failure mechanism of fractured rock-a fracture coalescence model In: Proceedings of the seventh international congress on rock mechanics, Aachen,Germany, vol. 1, 1991. p. 333-40.
12. Shen B., Stephansson O., Einstein H.H., and Ghahreman B. Coalescence of fractures under shear stress experiments. J Geophys Res 100 6 (1995) 5975-5990
13. Bobet A., and Einstein H.H. Fracture coalescence in rock-type materials under uniaxial and biaxial compression. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 35 7 (1998) 863-888
14. Sagong M., and Bobet A. Coalescence of multiple flaws in a rock-model material in uniaxial compression. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 39 (2002) 229-241
15. Ko T.Y., Einstein H.H., and Kemeny J. Crack coalescence in brittle material under cyclic loading. Proceedings of the 41st US symposium on rock mechanics, Golden, CO (2006) [paper ARMA/USRMS 06-930]
16. Wong L.N.Y., and Einstein H.H. Fracturing behavior of prismatic specimens containing single flaws. Proceedings of the 41st US symposium rock mechanics, Golden, CO (2006) [paper ARMA/USRMS 06-899]
17. Wong LNY, Einstein HH. Coalescence behavior in Carrara marble and molded gypsum containing artificial flaw pairs under uniaxial compression. In: Proceedings of the first Can-US rock mechanics Symposium, Vancouver, 2007. p. 581-9.
18. Wong R.H.C., and Chau K.T. Crack coalescence in a rock-like material containing two cracks. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 35 2 (1998) 147-164
19. Wong R.H.C., Chau K.T., Tang C.A., and Lin P. Analysis of crack coalescence in rock-like materials containing three flaws-part I: experimental approach. Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 38 (2001) 909-924
20. Mughieda O., and Alzo'ubi A.K. Fracture mechanics of offset rock joints-a laboratory investigation. Geotech Geol Eng 22 (2004) 545-562
21. Ingraffea A.R., and Heuze F.E. Finite element models for rock fracture mechanics. Int J Num Anal Meth Geomech 4 (1980) 25
22. Martinez AR. Fracture coalescence in natural rock. MSc thesis, MIT, Cambridge, 1999. p. 341.
23. Huang J.F., Chen G.L., Zhao Y.H., and Wang R. An experimental study of the strain field development prior to failure of a marble plate under compression. Tectonophysics 175 (1990) 283-290
24. Chen G., Kemeny J.M., and Harpalani S. Fracture propagation and coalescence in marble plates with pre-cut notches under compression. Symp ractured jointed rock masses, Lake Tahoe, CA (1995) 435-439
25. Li Y.P., Chen L.Z., and Wang Y.H. Experimental research on pre-cracked marble under compression. Int J Solids Struct 42 (2005) 2505-2516
26. Wong R.H.C., Guo Y.S.H., Li L.Y., Chau K.T., Zhu W.S., and Li S.C. Anti-wing crack growth from surface flaw in real rock under uniaxial compression. 16th Eur conf fracture (EFC16), Alexandroupolis, Greece (2006) 825
27. Wong R.H.C., Li T.C., Chau K.T., Li S.C., and Zhu W.S. Crack growth study of a 3-D surface fracture under compression using strain and acoustic emission measurements. Proceedings of the first Can-US rock mechanics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada (2007) 565-573
28. Guo Y.S.H., Wong R.H.C., Chau K.T., Zhu W.S., and Li S.C. Crack growth mechanisms from 3-D surface flaw with varied dipping angle under uniaxial compression. Asian Pacific conference fracture & strength, Sanya, China (2006) 335
29. Wong LNY. Crack coalescence in molded gypsum and Carrara marble. Ph.D. thesis, MIT, Cambridge, 2008. p. 876.
30. Einstein H.H., and Meyer T. Müller lecture: puzzles in rock. Proceedings of the international congress rock mechanics, Paris vol. 3 (1999) 1707-1740
31. Wong LNY, Einstein HH. Crack coalescence in molded gypsum and Carrara Marble: Part 1-macroscopic observations and interpretation. Rock Mech Rock Eng (accepted).
32. Wong LNY, Einstein HH. Crack coalescence in molded gypsum and Carrara Marble: Part 2-microscopic observations and interpretation. Rock Mech Rock Eng (accepted).
33. Pollard D.D., and Fletcher R.C. Fundamentals of structural geology (2005), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge