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http://dx.doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2020.30.3.256

Evaluation of Stress Thresholds in Crack Development and Corrected Fracture Toughness of KURT Granite under Dry and Saturated Conditions  

Kim, Jin-Seop (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Div.)
Hong, Chang-Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Div.)
Kim, Geon-Young (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Div.)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.30, no.3, 2020 , pp. 256-269 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this study is to evaluate the stress thresholds in crack development and the corrected fracture toughness of KURT granite under dry and saturated conditions. The stress thresholds were identified by calculation of inelastic volumetric strain from an uniaxial compression test. The corrected fracture toughness was estimated by using the Level II method (Chevron Bend specimen), suggested by ISRM (1988), in which non-linear behaviors of rock was taken into account. Average crack initiation stress(σci) and crack damage stress(σcd) under a dry condition were 91.1 MPa and 128.7 MPa. While, average crack initiation stress(σci) and crack damage stress(σcd) under a saturated condition were 58.2 MPa and 68.2 MPa. The crack initiation stress and crack damage stress of saturated ones decreased 36% and 47% respectively compared to those of dry specimens. A decrease in crack damage stress is relatively larger than that of crack initiation stress under a saturated condition. This indicates that the unstable crack growth can be more easily generated because of the saturation effect of water compared to the dry condition. The average corrected fracture toughness of KURT granite was 0.811 MPa·m0.5. While, the fracture toughness of saturated KURT granite(KCB) was 0.620 MPa·m0.5. The corrected fracture toughness of rock in saturated condition decreases by 23.5% compared to that in dry condition. It is found that the resistance to crack propagation decreases under the saturated geological condition.
Keywords
KURT granite; Stress thresholds in crack development; Corrected fracture toughness; Uniaxial compression test; Chevron Bend three point bending test;
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