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| Numerical study on three dimensional compact tension fracture of single notched rocks and associated scale effects by parallel computing |
| Revised:April 25, 2005 |
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| DOI：10.7511/jslx20073065 |
| KeyWord:heterogeneous,tensile fracture,size effect,three-dimensional fracture,numerical simulation,parallel computing |
| LIANG Zheng-zhao TANG Chun-an TANG Shi-bin ZHANG Yong-bin YU Qing-lei ZHANG Juan-xia |
| 1. State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;2. Engineering Mechanics Institute, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China |
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| Abstract: |
| A new numerical code RFPA3D was developed to simulate rock failure process by taking the heterogeneities of mechanical properties into consideration.Parameters such as peak strength,elastic modulus and Poisson ratio are randomly distributed among all elements in the numerical model.A simple constitutive law was introduced into the model,and massive parallel computing method was applied to calculate the stress and displacement field.Five specimens with a single pre-existing crack were prepared to undertake direct tension test.The specimens with different scales have the same mechanical properties.The fracture process,including crack propagation and coalescence,was obtained as well as the complete stress-strain curves.Different from other numerical code,RFPA3D can simulate the stress field and strain field during the whole loading process.The crack propagation along a three-dimensional curved path,much more complicated than two-dimensional cracks.The relation between peak strength and scale fits the rule of scale effects proposed by other investigators in experimental studies.Another three groups of specimens with different homogeneity and different sizes are undertaken uniaxial tensile tests.It concludes that the macro scale effects do not only result essentially from heterogeneities on mesoscopic scale.The RFPA3D model is proved to be a useful and effective tool to analyze the failure process of brittle materials. |
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