Mechanism of fracture in macro- and micro-scales in hollow centre cracked disc specimen

The hollow centre cracked disc(HCCD) specimen is one of the suggested alternative methods for determining the fracture toughness of rock. This work aims to investigate the fracture mechanism in HCCD in macro- and micro-scales using numerical methods, extended finite element method(X-FEM) and particle flow code(PFC) modeling, respectively. In the X-FEM, heaviside and near-tip enrichment functions are employed to consider the presence of the crack in the model. In PFC modeling the movement and interaction of stressed assemblies of rigid spherical particles are modeled using the distinct element method(DEM). A numerical code called MEX-FEM based on XFEM has been developed to simulate the problems involving crack. The models of pure modes I and Ⅱ in macro-scale are simulated in micro-scale. The results show that dimensionless stress intensity factors(YI, YⅡ) for pure modes I and Ⅱ increase by increasing the crack length ratio. The angle at which the pure mode Ⅱ occurs decreases by increasing the crack length ratio. In mixed mode I-Ⅱ, The value of YI decreases by increasing the crack angle, while the value of YⅡ increases to a given crack angle and then it decreases. Moreover, the fracture in micro-scale, unlike the macro-scale, includes a combination of different modes of fracturing.

复合型加载条件下HCCD试样应力强度因子的研究

文章采用有限元方法,对带裂纹中心圆孔圆盘(hollow centre cracked disc,HCCD)试样的复合型断裂进行了数值模拟研究。采用相互作用积分法计算了试样裂尖的Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型应力强度因子(KⅠ和KⅡ)。根据大量算例结果并结合量纲分析,得到了复合型加载条件下HCCD试样裂尖KⅠ和KⅡ的拟合公式。该组公式含有试样圆盘内径r、裂纹长度a、裂纹倾角θ3个参量,从纯Ⅰ型断裂至纯Ⅱ型断裂,以及Ⅰ-Ⅱ复合型断裂均具有较高的精度。对于KⅠ拟合公式,当θ在0°~15°,r/R在0.05~0.50,a/(R-r)在0.1~0.6范围内时,其计算误差小于8%;当θ在15°~30°,r/R在0.05~0.50,a/(R-r)在0.1~0.4范围内时,其计算误差小于9%。对于KⅡ拟合公式,当θ在0°~30°,r/R在0.10~0.50,a/(R-r)在0.1~0.6范围内时,其计算误差小于10%。