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Study of calculation method of pure mode II stress intensity factor of fine-grained concrete using different numerical models
| 1 | Chengdu Surveying Geotechnical Research Institute Co., Ltd. of MCC, Chengdu, China |
| 2 | State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, School of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China |
| 3 | Key Laboratory of Deep Underground Science and Engineering (Ministry of Education), School of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Changlin Zhou
Department of civil engineering, Chengdu Surveying Geotechnical Research Institute Co., Ltd. of MCC; Sichuan University, China
Department of civil engineering, Chengdu Surveying Geotechnical Research Institute Co., Ltd. of MCC; Sichuan University, China
Submission date: 2020-12-22
Final revision date: 2021-01-21
Acceptance date: 2021-01-21
Online publication date: 2021-03-02
Publication date: 2021-04-15
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2021;59(2):251–264
KEYWORDS
fine-grained concretecritical stress intensity factorJ-integralanti-symmetricalfour-point bendingFEMXFEM
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Measuring and calculating methods of critical stress intensity factors (SIFs) have become
hot topics which attracted large attention recently. In this work, anti-symmetrical four-point
bending tests of cracked fine-grained concrete specimens were conducted experimentally and
numerically by using a computer-controlled universal testing machine and ABAQUS code.
A comparative study of the calculation method of pure mode II stress intensity factor of
a fine-grained concrete was performed by utilizing the conventional finite element method
(FEM) in two and three dimensions as well as the extended finite element method (XFEM)
in three dimensions. The results show that in three-dimensional models, the crack mode is
closest to the pure mode II at the center of specimen thickness. Pure mode II stress intensity
factors obtained by SEAM2D and XFEM3D are 1.013 and 1.0617 times that by SEAM3D,
respectively. Pure mode II stress intensity factors of the fine-grained concrete obtained by
the conventional FEM are more stable than that by XFEM. The number of mesh circles has
slight influence on the calculation results of pure mode II stress intensity factor.
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