Opening and mixed mode fracture processes in a quasi-brittle material via digital imaging

Q Lin, H Yuan, L Biolzi, JF Labuz - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2014 - Elsevier
Fracture tests were performed on sandstone specimens under three-point bending with a
variety of notch positions to achieve K II/KI= 0–12%. At peak load, the maximum crack …

Active seismic monitoring of crack initiation, propagation, and coalescence in rock

A Modiriasari, A Bobet, LJ Pyrak-Nolte - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2017 - Springer
Active seismic monitoring was used to detect and characterize crack initiation, crack
propagation and crack coalescence in pre-cracked rock specimens. Uniaxial compression …

Experimental study on damage evolution of rock under uniform and concentrated loading conditions using digital image correlation

H Song, H Zhang, D Fu, Y Kang… - Fatigue & Fracture of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Damage evolution and crack propagation in sandstone specimens have been observed by
digital image correlation method. To investigate deformation and failure process of rock …

Random evolution of multiple cracks and associated mechanical behaviors of segmental tunnel linings using a multiscale modeling method

FY Wang, ML Zhou, DM Zhang, HW Huang… - … and underground space …, 2019 - Elsevier
The segmental tunnel linings with cracks affected by the mesostructured of concrete exhibits
heterogeneous and nonlinear behaviors in the cracked area. However, there are obvious …

An experimental investigation on the damage of granite under uniaxial tension by using a digital image correlation method

G Yang, Z Cai, X Zhang, D Fu - Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental investigation of the damage mechanisms of granites
under uniaxial tension. The displacement distribution and surface tensile strain of the …

Automatic crack tip detection and stress intensity factors estimation of curved cracks from digital images

J Réthoré - International Journal for Numerical Methods in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of full‐field measurement techniques, it has been possible to analyze
crack propagation experimentally with an increasing level of robustness. However, the …

Transition from energy dissipation to crack openings during continuum–discontinuum fracture of concrete

SY Alam, A Loukili - International Journal of Fracture, 2017 - Springer
Fracture in quasi-brittle materials like concrete is mainly governed by two processes: energy
dissipation and discontinuous displacement fields or discrete cracks. In this study we …

Effect of casting flow defects on the crack propagation in UHPFRC thin slabs by means of stereovision Digital Image Correlation

MA Baril, L Sorelli, J Réthoré, F Baby… - … and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Owing to their outstanding compressive strength and considerable cracking resistance, Ultra
High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) have been recently successfully …

Fracture and cohesive parameter identification of refractories by digital image correlation up to 1200° C

A Doitrand, R Estevez, M Thibault, P Leplay - Experimental Mechanics, 2020 - Springer
The mechanical and fracture properties of refractory ceramics are determined by means of
an inverse identification procedure between experimental data and numerical simulations …

Identification of asymmetric constitutive laws at high temperature based on Digital Image Correlation

P Leplay, J Réthoré, S Meille, MC Baietto - Journal of the European …, 2012 - Elsevier
The mechanical characterization of ceramics can be very challenging. Depending on their
composition and fabrication process, ceramic materials may exhibit at room temperature …