Damage Evolution in Quasi-Brittle Materials: Experimental Analysis by AE and Numerical Simulation

Autor: Boris Nahuel Rojo Tanzi, Mario Sobczyk, Ignacio Iturrioz, Giuseppe Lacidogna
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 13, Iss 19, p 10947 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app131910947
Popis: 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.
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