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Zhuolin Shi, Qiangling Yao, Weinan Wang, Fengsheng Su, Xuehua Li, Liu Zhu and Chengle Wu
Percolation experiments were conducted on coal samples with various fracture lengths and inclination angles under different stress conditions using a gravity-loaded rock percolation test device. The goals of these experiments are (1) to improve the techn...
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Chunlin Zhong, Kangsheng Xue, Yakun Wang, Peng Luo and Xiaobo Liu
Understanding the fluid pattern is of special significance for estimating the hydraulic conductivity of fractured rock masses. The nonlinearity of fluid flow in discrete fracture networks (DFNs) originates from inertial effects and is enhanced by complex...
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Chung-Hao Wu, Chung-Ho Huang, Yu-Cheng Kan and Tsong Yen
This study focuses on evaluating the effects of the fineness of fly ash on the strength, fracture toughness, and fracture resistance of concrete. Three fineness levels of fly ash that respectively pass sieves?no. 175, no. 250, and no. 32?were used. In ad...
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Mariane Rodrigues Rita, Pierre Rossi, Eduardo de Moraes Rego Fairbairn and Fernando Luiz Bastos Ribeiro
This paper presents an extension of the validation domain of a previously validated three-dimensional probabilistic semi-explicit cracking numerical model, which was initially validated for a specific concrete mix design. This model is implemented in a f...
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Xiaoyu Tang, Wen Wan, Zhenxing Lu and Wei Chen
To investigate the influence of non-singular terms (T stress) in the stress field on the composite fractures of hard rock Type I?II, such as rock splitting failure and hydraulic fracture propagation, this study focused on hard rocks in metallic mines. Th...
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Mohammad Abedin and Armin B. Mehrabi
The bottom flanges of steel plate girder bridges can be considered fracture-critical elements depending on the number of girders and bridge configuration. For such cases, it is required that inspection of these bridges be carried out using costly ?arms-l...
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Ravi Tumkur Suryawanshi, Gopalan Venkatachalam, Suthenthira Veerappa Vimalanand
Pág. 180 - 184
In the current scene on material field, designers are focusing on the development of lightweight, high strength, recyclable and environment friendly materials. Due to increasing environmental admiration, ecological concerns and new statutory laws, natura...
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Grzegorz Ludwik Golewski
This work presents a discussion of the basic properties of broken mineral limestone aggregates with the specification of the properties affecting the fracture toughness of concretes made with these aggregates. To determine the influence of the grain-size...
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Liao He, Qingfeng Li and Baifu An
Geological hazards, such as the frequent occurrence of rock bursts in deep mining, emphasize the critical necessity for the early warning and prediction of dynamic fractures in coal and rock masses, as well as the destabilization of the surrounding rock....
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Yunjung Jang, Hakgeun Kim and Kiweon Kang
Composite wind turbine blades may experience interlaminar damage, including adhesive failure, cracking, and interlaminar fracture failure, from manufacturing or external fatigue load. Among these, the adhesive failure of adhesive joints is critical. Ther...
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Umer Waqas, Hafiz Muhammad Awais Rashid, Muhammad Farooq Ahmed, Ali Murtaza Rasool and Mohamed Ezzat Al-Atroush
This review paper summarizes the recent and past experimental findings to evaluate the damage characteristics of carbonate rocks subjected to thermal treatment (20?1500 °C). The outcomes of published studies show that the degree of thermal damage in the ...
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Farid Mehri Sofiani, Behzad V. Farahani and Jorge Belinha
This work investigates fracture characteristics of a marble semi-circular bend (SCB) specimen with a pre-defined crack under a compressive loading condition. It aims at evaluating how the fracture toughness can be affected by the crack and span length va...
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YongHyun Cho, Dong-Keon Kim, JunSu Kim and TaeSoo Kim
The block shear equations specified in the current AISC specification for structural steel buildings and North American cold-formed steel design specifications are based on research results of carbon steel bolted connections. These equations were found t...
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Martin Garan, Vladimír Chmelko, Miroslav ?ulko and Milo? Musil
This article presents an analysis of the causes of a fatigue crack in the guide bar of a pressing device. The detailed analysis included the analysis of a material?s microstructure and its cyclic properties. Direct measurements of the strains during oper...
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Wenjing Wang, Jinyi Bai, Shengchuan Wu, Jing Zheng and Pingyu Zhou
The welded bogie frame is the critical safety part of the urban metro vehicle. This paper focuses on finding out the factors inducing the fatigue cracks initiated from the positioning block weld toe of metro bogie frame. Fracture morphology and metallogr...
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Jaehoon Jee, Chongmin Kim and Yanggon Kim
In order to cope with strengthened marine environmental regulations and to reduce fuel consumption, recently constructed vessels are equipped with an ultra-long stroke engine and apply engine de-rating technology. This was intended to improve propulsion ...
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Tatiana Petrova, Eduard Chistyakov, Yulia Sorvacheva
Pág. 505 - 510
The study is aimed at revealing the correlation between the critical coefficient of stress intensity and slag alkaline cement-free concrete structure and strength. Based on the fracture mechanics methods, the comparative assessment of crack formation in ...
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Djamila Benarbia, Mohamed Benguediab
Pág. 199 - 203
Concrete is a brittle material with high compressive strength, low tensile strength and poor toughness, where cracks of different degrees and different forms can be developed, which compromises the durability and the lifetime of concrete structures. The ...
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Bianca B. Barreto, Fernando P. Rivera, Blair M. McKenzie, Katharine Preedy, Yangminghao Liu, Lionel X. Dupuy, Elisângela Ribeiro and Roberto A. Braga, Jr.
Background and aim: Soil structure is an important indicator of the quality of soil, but detecting the early signs of soil degradation from soil structure is difficult. Developing precise instruments able to diagnose soil structure quickly is therefore c...
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De Nyago Tafen, Barbara Kutchko and Mehrdad Massoudi
Cement fractures represent preferential leakage pathways in abandoned wells upon exposure to a CO2-rich fluid. Understanding fracture alteration resulting from geochemical reactions is critical for assessing well integrity in CO2 storage. This paper desc...
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