Representing an Empirical Relationship for the Estimating Mode I Fracture Toughness of Rock Obtained from Testing on SCB Specimen using Tensile Strength

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HOSSEINI MEHDI; Abdolghanizadeh Koroush

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Journal: JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY Year:2017 | Volume:11 | Issue:2 Page(s): 17-174

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Representing an Empirical Relationship for the Estimating Mode I Fracture Toughness of Rock Obtained from Testing on SCB Specimen using Tensile Strength

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Tensile strengthQ1

RockQ1

Fracture toughnessQ1

Mode IQ1

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Considering the fact that the estimation of mode Fracture toughness by testing is time-consuming and expensive. It might be associated with certain practical difficulties. Therefore, many researchers have attempted to propose experimental relationships in order to capture these problems. Gunsallus et al. (1984) and Bhagat (1985) experimentally found that mode Fracture toughness is related to Tensile strength. Whittaker et al. (1992) have also proposed a number of relationships between Mode I Fracture toughness, Tensile strength, point load index, uniaxial compressive strength and the velocity of sound waves. Bearman (1999) obtained an experimental relationship between Mode I Fracture toughness and point load index, while Brown et al. (1997) presented an experimental relationship between this parameter and density. Up to now no significant research effort has been made in this field in Iran, only Ayatollahi and Fatehi addressed Rock Fracture toughness. Although, Ayatollahi has not presented any experimental relationships. In the present research the three-point bending test was used on a cylindrical specimen containing a straight crack in order to determine the mode Fracture toughness, and the Brazilian test was employed to determine Tensile strength. Materials and Methods The tests were carried out on six types of Rocks, namely gray sandstone, tuff, lithic tuff, travertine, andesite, and limestone. Sandstone, travertine, and limestone are sedimentary Rocks, while andesite is an extrusive igneous Rock, and tuff and lithic tuff are pyroclastic Rocks (pyroclastic Rocks resulting from volcanic eruptions that harden by sedimentation). Therefore, the studied Rocks have different origins. In order to carry out the Brazilian and the three-point bending test, cores were prepared from these blocks. In order to perform the three-point bending test, specimens with diameter of 73 mm with a thickness of 30 mm were used. The samples were cut in two semicircular by a cutting machine, and a notch with length of 15 mm is created by a diamond saw. Notch is vertical in the center of the semicircular samples. The Brazilian test was performed on disc shaped specimens. In order to perform the Brazilian test, specimens with diameter of 51 mm and thick of 25 mm were used. The specimens are carefully placed under the curved jaws of the machine and then loaded until fracture. Results and Discussion A summary of the Brazilian and the three-point bending test results are presented in Table 1. The average value of test result pertaining to each Rock is reported in Table 1. Table 1. Summary of the Brazilian and the three-point bending test results Specimen Tensile strength (MPa) Fracture toughness (MPa√ m) Limestone 3. 74 1. 23 Sandstone 7. 14 1. 63 Tuff 16. 36 2. 17 Lithic Tuff 4. 34 1. 01 Andesite 13. 25 1. 86 Travertine 8. 27 1. 14 In this study, it was attempted to propose an experimental relationship between Mode I Fracture toughness and the Tensile strength of the Rock. In order to determine the relationship between the Tensile strength and the Fracture toughness, the Tensile strength vs. Fracture toughness diagram was plotted in Excel to obtain Eq. 1 and the coefficient of determination (R2) (Figure 1). The coefficient of determination (R2) in Eq. 1 shows that almost 80 percent of the Mode I Fracture toughness variations can be estimated using the linear relationship (Eq. 1). The relationship is applicable for determining the Mode I Fracture toughness resulting from the three-point bending test on semicircular specimens containing a straight crack. In the following, the results of this study are compared to those reported by Whittacker (1992) and Zhang (2002). In order to examine the accuracy of the presented relationships, the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) measure was used which is computed from Eq. 2. In the best case, RMSE is zero. In the relationships, represents the Fracture toughness obtained from testing while is the Fracture toughness estimated using the relationships. Comparison of the obtained results indicate that the proposed relationship has the capability of precise estimation of the Mode I Fracture toughness of Rocks. Conclusion Given the many difficulties associated with the direct estimation of Fracture toughness, indirect estimation methods have been proposed. One of such methods is the estimation of Mode I Fracture toughness using Tensile strength. A linear relationship with a coefficient of determination of 0. 7977 was proposed. The accuracy of this relationship has been verified by comparing its results to those from previous studies.

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HOSSEINI, MEHDI, & Abdolghanizadeh, Koroush. (2017). Representing an Empirical Relationship for the Estimating Mode I Fracture Toughness of Rock Obtained from Testing on SCB Specimen using Tensile Strength. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, 11(2 ), 17-174. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/370269/en

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HOSSEINI MEHDI, Abdolghanizadeh Koroush. Representing an Empirical Relationship for the Estimating Mode I Fracture Toughness of Rock Obtained from Testing on SCB Specimen using Tensile Strength. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY[Internet]. 2017;11(2 ):17-174. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/370269/en

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MEHDI HOSSEINI, and Koroush Abdolghanizadeh, “Representing an Empirical Relationship for the Estimating Mode I Fracture Toughness of Rock Obtained from Testing on SCB Specimen using Tensile Strength,” JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, vol. 11, no. 2 , pp. 17–174, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/370269/en

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