To investigate the effects of inclusions filled in holes, including inclusion strength, stiffness
and shape, on the mechanical properties and fracture evolution of rock, a series of uniaxial …

A sustainable community requires concrete infrastructures to have a longer service life to
reduce solid wastes produced by reconstruction, while cracks shorten the service life by …

FRACTURE MECHANICS OF CONCRETE AND ROCK This book offers engineers a unique
opportunity to learn, frominternationally recognized leaders in their field, about the …

Despite tremendous advances made in fracture mechanics of concrete in recent years, very
little information has been available on the nature of fracture processes and on reliable test …

Hazardous failure phenomena such as rock bursts and slabbing failure frequently occur in
deep hardrock tunnels, thus understanding the failure phenomena and mechanisms of the …

The crack pattern, as well as crack initiation,-propagation and-coalescence observed in
experiments on gypsum specimens with pre-existing fractures in uniaxial, biaxial, and …

Understanding the stress distribution, deformation and fracture behavior around a circular
hole or inclusion is critical for the stability assessment of rock structures such as tunnels and …

A wide range of concretes was evaluated to explain the reasons for large strain values of
high strength concretes (HSCs) at peak stresses under different loading conditions, such as …

The effect of infilling on mechanical response and crack behavior of pre-stressed rock with
double rectangular holes under dynamic load was investigated through a series of coupled …

The effects of silica fume and aggregate size on the softening response and brittleness of
high strength concretes were investigated by measuring the fracture energy GF, the …