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Compressive-shear fracture model of the phase-field method coupled with a modified Hoek–Brown criterion

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In this paper, a compressive-shear fracture model of the phase-field method is proposed to simulate the compressive-shear failure behaviours of pre-cracked rock materials and investigate their fracture mechanisms. In the proposed model, a modified Hoek–Brown criterion is incorporated into the driving term in the evolution equation of the phase field to control the crack phase field. Rock-like specimens containing single flaw and double flaws were used to validate the performance of the proposed numerical model in capturing compressive-shear fractures. The numerical results were in good agreement with the experimental observations. Subsequently the effects of flaw geometries, i.e. flaw inclination angle, spacing and continuity, on the cracking behaviours and mechanical properties of rock-like specimens containing double parallel flaws were investigated. Typical shear cracks, such as coplanar or quasi-coplanar secondary cracks and oblique secondary cracks as well as coalescence types of different shear cracks, were captured. The mechanical properties were also strongly related to the flaw geometry. These performances indicated that the proposed numerical model has ability to simulate compressive-shear cracks.

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The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51839009, 51679017) and the Graduate Scientific Research and Innovation Foundation of Chongqing, China (Grant No. CYB20030).

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    Zhi-Ming Jia & Xiao-Ping Zhou

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Filippo Berto

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Jia, ZM., Zhou, XP. & Berto, F. Compressive-shear fracture model of the phase-field method coupled with a modified Hoek–Brown criterion. Int J Fract 229, 161–184 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-021-00546-7

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