Catastrophic failure of any brittle structure under dynamic loading consists of dynamic crack initiation, propagation, curving, branching (both micro and macro) and branching instability. However, the failure is much more complex in case of layered materials which has interfaces. In these materials, other than above crack mechanisms the crack can also deflect to propagate along the interface or...

ABSTRACT: This study provides an analysis of the influence of underground CO2 storage on the effective stress field in a representative geological formation. Large scale finite element models are used to describe the injection process. For high injection rates, different material degradation mechanisms may be activated depending on initial conditions. The case of rock fracturing due to tensile ...

We consider an infinite square-cell lattice of elastic beams with a semi-infinite crack. Symmetric and antisymmetric bending modes of fracture under remote loads are examined. The related long-wave asymptotes corresponding to a continuous anisotropic bending plate are also considered. In the latter model, the symmetric mode is characterized by the square-root type singularity, whereas the antis...

A permeable crack model is proposed to analyze crack growth in a piezoelectric ceramic. In this model, a permeable crack is modeled as a vanishing thin, finite dimension, rectangular slit with dielectric medium inside. A first-order approximation solution is derived in terms of the slit height, h0 . The main contribution of this paper is that the newly proposed permeable crack model reveals tha...

An important task in mixed-mode fracture analysis and prediction is the simulation of crack growth under mixed-mode conditions. To complete such a task, one must have (a) a computer code capable of handling the kinematics of general crack growth and determining the stress and deformation states during crack growth, and (b) a fracture criterion that can properly predict the instant and direction...

This paper investigates the roles of external loads and specimen geometry on crack path selection in adhesively bonded joints. First, the effect of mixed mode fracture on crack path selection is studied. Using epoxy as an adhesive and aluminum as the adherends, double cantilever beam (DCB) specimens with various T-stress levels are prepared and tested under mixed mode fracture loading. Post-fai...

In this study, single-edge cracked uniaxial specimens with an initial crack length of 0.1 in or 0.3 in and wedge-shaped sheet specimens with an initial crack length of 0.3 in were tested at a constant displacement rate of 50 in/min under 1000 psi confining pressure. The specimens were made of a highly filled polymeric material, containing 86% by weight of hard particles embedded in a rubbery ma...

This paper proposes a new analysis of previous works related to the concrete tensile behaviour under impact loadings.