The fracture surface roughness of grain-based geomaterials is one of the significant factors
reflecting the changes in certain physical and mechanical properties. In this paper, the …

Heterogeneity is an important factor affecting the dynamic mechanical properties and failure
process of geomaterials especially when considering the coupled effect of strain rates and …

Understanding the fracturing mechanisms of rock on both macro-and micro-scale is
important for properly designing rock engineering applications. However, there is still a lack …

The heterogeneity of natural rock affects its fracture behaviour resulting in a variation of rock
strength. To investigate the sensitivity of damage response and failure strength across rock …

The characterization of rock fracture is essential for revealing and understanding the fracture
mechanism. In this research, the fracture of sandstone is characterized from the perspective …

The influence of the loading rate on the mode I fracture property of rocks has been
extensively investigated through experiments. However, the rate-effect of the dynamic mode …

Rock fracturing or breakage is a complex phenomenon that requires advanced and
sophisticated techniques to predict fracture initiation and propagation in geological …

This work studies the roughness characteristics of fracture surfaces from a crystalline rock by
analyzing differences in surface roughness between fractures of various types and sizes. We …

Experimental results indicate that propagation paths of cracks in geomaterials are often
irregular, producing rough fracture surfaces which are fractal. A formula is derived for the …

Fractured rocks as typical engineering materials are commonly exposed to temperatures
and dynamic perturbations. In this paper, constant amplitude low cycle (CALC) impact tests …