Damage evolution in quasi-brittle materials : experimental analysis by AE and numerical simulation

This work investigates the extension of a total-collapse prediction method to include local failures in quasi-brittle materials as they undergo damage processes. The analysis is experimentally conducted with acoustic emission data from a basalt specimen under a prescribed displacement loading test....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Tanzi, Boris Nahuel Rojo, Iturrioz, Ignacio, Sobczyk Sobrinho, Mario Roland, Lacidogna, Giuseppe
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/274306
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/274306
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Materiais quase-frágeis
Fratura (Engenharia)
Emissão acústica
Método dos elementos discretos
Acoustic emission
Quasi-brittle materials
Discrete element methods
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Sumario:This work investigates the extension of a total-collapse prediction method to include local failures in quasi-brittle materials as they undergo damage processes. The analysis is experimentally conducted with acoustic emission data from a basalt specimen under a prescribed displacement loading test. The proposed failure index is compared with the well-established b-value to evaluate its usefulness; the simulation results are also used to further investigations. In particular, the simulations show that the parameter calculation can be carried out by indirectly estimating the elastic energy released within the system throughout the damage process, which cannot be measured directly. It is concluded that the proposed method is valid, consistently outperforming the b-value as a failure precursor throughout the experimental studies.