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Effect of brittleness on the micromechanical damage and failure pattern of rock specimens

  • Imani, Mehrdad (Rock Mechanics Division, School of Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University) ;
  • Nejati, Hamid Reza (Rock Mechanics Division, School of Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University) ;
  • Goshtasbi, Kamran (Rock Mechanics Division, School of Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University) ;
  • Nazerigivi, Amin (Rock Mechanics Division, School of Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University)
  • Received : 2020.12.17
  • Accepted : 2021.12.23
  • Published : 2022.04.25
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Abstract

Failure patterns of rock specimens represent valuable information about the mechanical properties and crack evolution mechanism of rock. Several kinds of research have been conducted regarding the failure mechanism of brittle material, however; the influence of brittleness on the failure mechanism of rock specimens has not been precisely considered. In the present study, experimental and numerical examinations have been made to evaluate the physical and mechanical phenomena associated with rock failure mechanisms through the uniaxial compression test. In the experimental part, Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) tests equipped with Acoustic Emission (AE) have been conducted on rock samples with three different brittleness. Then, the numerical models have been calibrated based on experimental test results for further investigation and comparing the micro-cracking process in experimental and numerical models. It can be perceived that the failure mode of specimens with high brittleness is tensile axial splitting, based on the experimental evidence of rock specimens with different brittleness. Also, the crack growth mechanism of the rock specimens with various brittleness using discrete element modeling in the numerical part suggested that the specimens with more brittleness contain more tensile fracture during the loading sequences.

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