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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/sss.2018.22.6.675

Simulation of fracture mechanism of pre-holed concrete model under Brazilian test using PFC3D  

Sarfarazi, Vahab (Department of Mining Engineering, Hamedan University of Technology)
Haeri, Hadi (Bafgh Branch, Islamic Azad University)
Shemirani, Alireza Bagher (Department of Civil Engineering, Sadra Institute of Higher Education)
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Smart Structures and Systems / v.22, no.6, 2018 , pp. 675-687 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the previous studies on the porous rock strength the effect of pore number and its diameter is not explicitly defined. In this paper crack initiation, propagation and coalescence in Brazilian model disc containing a single cylindrical hole and or multiple holes have been studied numerically using PFC3D. In model with internal hole, the ratio of hole diameter to model diameter was varied between 0.03, 0.17, 0.25, 0.33, and 0.42. In model with multiple hole number of holes was different in various model, i.e., one hole, two holes, three holes, four holes, five holes, six holes, seven holes, eight holes and nine holes. Diameter of these holes was 5 mm, 10 mm and 12 mm. The pre-holed Brazilian discs are numerically tested under Brazilian test. The breakage load in the ring type disc specimens containing an internal hole with varying diameters is measured. The mechanism of cracks propagation in the wall of the ring type specimens is also studied. In the case of multi-hole Brazilian disc, the cracks propagation and b cracks coalescence are also investigated. The results shows that breaking of the pre-holed disc specimens is due to the propagation of radially induced tensile cracks initiated from the surface of the central hole and propagating toward the direction of diametrical loading. In the case of disc specimens with multiple holes, the cracks propagation and cracks coalescence may occur simultaneously in the breaking process of model under diametrical compressive loading. Finally the results shows that the failure stress and crack initiation stress decreases by increasing the hole diameter. Also, the failure stress decreases by increasing the number of hole which mobilized in failure. The results of these simulations were comprised with other experimental and numerical test results. It has been shown that the numerical and experimental results are in good agreement with each other.
Keywords
concrete rings; pre-holed Brazilian disc; crack analyses; coalescence; PFC3D;
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