An experimental study and theoretical evaluation on the effect of specimen geometry and loading configuration on recorded fracture toughness of brittle construction …

H reza Karimi, J Bidadi, MRM Aliha, A Mousavi… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geometry and loading condition of cracked specimens may affect the fracture toughness
results and hence the evaluation of differences in measured fracture toughness values is …

Experimental and numerical study on the dynamic mode III fracture behaviors of rock using an axially notched flattened Brazilian disc in SHPB tests

Z Yan, J **, L Wang, J Wang - International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The dynamic mode I and mode II fracture of rock have been widely investigated over the
past decades. However, the lack of dynamic mode III fracture testing method and the rare …

Assessment of mode I/III fracture toughness of bi-material rock-like ENDB and ENDC specimens

Z Liu, C Ma - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
Mode I/III fractures at the bi-material interface are common and present unique challenges in
civil and geotechnical engineering. However, there are few studies on the mechanical …

Effect of stress ratio and welding residual stresses on the fatigue crack growth behaviour of Weldox-700 steel using LGDM

S Baruah, R Tiwari, IV Singh, A Manglik - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, numerical simulations of high-cycle fatigue and fatigue crack growth have been
performed using localizing gradient damage methodology (LGDM) for base and welded …

A study on the effect of different Paris constants in mixed mode (I/II) fatigue life prediction in Al 7075-T6 alloy

SS Shukla, K Murthy - International Journal of Fatigue, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Mixed-mode (I/II) fatigue crack growth experiments in Al 7075-T6 alloy have been
performed using a newly proposed single edge cracked circular (SECC) specimen. An …

A numerical framework based on localizing gradient damage methodology for high cycle fatigue crack growth simulations

S Baruah, IV Singh - Computational Mechanics, 2024 - Springer
Standard non-local gradient damage methodology for fatigue analysis has an intrinsic
drawback of unusual widening of the damage zone. This causes a rapid growth of crack in …

Fracture response of thermal-treated granite under mode III loading: Through the edge-notched diametrically compressed disk specimen

L Zhang, H Su, L Yu, Z Li, R Cai, G Chen - Theoretical and Applied Fracture …, 2024 - Elsevier
The deep rock mass is subject to a high degree of coupling of geothermal and complex
loading, and complex mechanical and hydraulic loading induces out-of-plane progression of …

Experimental investigation on mixed mode I-III fracture behaviors and degradation mechanism of sandstone under thermal-chemical stimulation

Z Gan, W Hua, A Wang, Z Fan, J Huang, S Dong… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of mode III fracture component and multi-field coupling environments may
occur in certain practical rock engineering scenarios, but the combination of these factors …

Mixed-mode fracture study of mode-I+ III and II+ III loading conditions in AA7085 using a new fixture

R Maity, A Singh, SK Paul - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study experimentally examines the onset of fast fracture and crack deflection in AA
7085 for both mode-I+ III and mode-II+ III fracture modes. A new loading device has been …