Crack Analysis in Single Plate Stressing of Particle Compounds

Particle compound material is the composition of different particles with inhomogeneous and non-uniform properties. Particle compound material is the most complicated engineering material whose properties vary according to the applications, method of manufacturing and ratio of its ingredients. The quasi-homogeneous materials like building materials and constituents of tablets, pellets etc are some of the examples of particle compounds. The 2 Dimensional Finite Element Analysis was done with single plate compressive stressing on the particle compound material to have the idea of the stress distributions during stressing. Then the method was followed by the Discrete Element Method (DEM) for further analysis. The study of crack propagating mechanism in particle compound was represented by a model material which resembles the high strength materials, pressed agglomerates and more. The paper analyses the cracking of the particle compounds, here concrete ball, with respect to continuum and discrete approach.