Experimental and Numerical Studies on Development of Fracture Process Zone (FPZ) in Rocks under Cyclic and Static Loadings

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dc.authoridGhamgosar, Morteza/0000-0002-5263-8634
dc.contributor.authorGhamgosar, M.
dc.contributor.authorErarslan, N.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T17:38:02Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T17:38:02Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe development of fracture process zones (FPZ) in the Cracked Chevron Notched Brazilian Disc (CCNBD) monsonite and Brisbane tuff specimens was investigated to evaluate the mechanical behaviour of brittle rocks under static and various cyclic loadings. An FPZ is a region that involves different types of damage around the pre-existing and/or stress-induced crack tips in engineering materials. This highly damaged area includes micro- and meso-cracks, which emerge prior to the main fracture growth or extension and ultimately coalescence to macrofractures, leading to the failure. The experiments and numerical simulations were designed for this study to investigate the following features of FPZ in rocks: (1) ligament connections and (2) microcracking and its coalescence in FPZ. A Computed Tomography (CT) scan technique was also used to investigate the FPZ behaviour in selected rock specimens. The CT scan results showed that the fracturing velocity is entirely dependent on the appropriate amount of fracture energy absorbed in rock specimens due to the change of frequency and amplitudes of the dynamic loading. Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) was used to compute the displacements, tensile stress distribution and plastic energy dissipation around the propagating crack tip in FPZ. One of the most important observations, the shape of FPZ and its extension around the crack tip, was made using numerical and experimental results, which supported the CT scan results. When the static rupture and the cyclic rupture were compared, the main differences are twofold: (1) the number of fragments produced is much greater under cyclic loading than under static loading, and (2) intergranular cracks are formed due to particle breakage under cyclic loading compared with smooth and bright cracks along cleavage planes under static loading.
dc.description.sponsorshipNewcrest Mining
dc.description.sponsorshipNewcrest Mining is acknowledged for funding the Scholarship of the first author during the course of the research on which this paper was in part based, and for providing monsonite core samples from Cadia Valley, which were used for testing purposes. Golders Associates are acknowledged for providing access to Brisbane tuff core samples from the CLEM7 tunnel project in Brisbane, which were used for testing purposes. The author would like to express his sincere thanks to Professor Arcady Dyskin and Professor Eduardo A. G. Marquesn for their kind help and technical advice.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00603-015-0793-z
dc.identifier.endpage908
dc.identifier.issn0723-2632
dc.identifier.issn1434-453X
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84959097411
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage893
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-015-0793-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/2441
dc.identifier.volume49
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000371313300011
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Wien
dc.relation.ispartofRock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241211
dc.subjectFPZ
dc.subjectSubcritical crack propagation
dc.subjectRock fracture toughness
dc.subjectCCNBD
dc.subjectCT scan
dc.subjectSEM
dc.titleExperimental and Numerical Studies on Development of Fracture Process Zone (FPZ) in Rocks under Cyclic and Static Loadings
dc.typeArticle

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