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Visualization and simulation of rock specimen fracture processes using micromechanics tests

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15560699
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Earth system and resources enginnering
Research InstitutionMuroran Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

ITAKURA Ken-ichi  Muroran Institute of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (20168298)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SATO Kazuhiko  Muroran Institute of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (30002009)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
KeywordsMicromechanics Tests / Micro-specimen / Crack Growth / Complexity / Visualization / Discrete Element Method / DEM / Simulation
Research Abstract

A micromechanics test was carried out to elucidate crack growth and investigate the influence of structural complexity in rock specimens with rock strength. That test is a loading test on a microscope stage using small specimen (5×6×1mm). Benefits of this test are that it readily depicts the structural configuration of rock components of rock specimens. It is also easy to visualize the growth of cracks passing through the specimen. After micromechanics tests, fracture simulations using discrete element method (DEM) were conducted using obtained data.
The following salient results were obtained :
1.Small specimens were prepared from a granite block in three orthogonal directions (H, G and R). Microscopic observation showed that each specimen had a dominant orientation of pre-existing cracks. Tensile strength and its strain were highest in the H specimen and lowest in the R specimen, as shown also by results obtained from usual tensile tests.
2.Tensile strength values from micromechanics tests are smaller by about 17% than those from conventional tensile tests.
3.Visualization of crack growth shows that a pie-existing crack is an onset of tensile crack growth in the R specimen. The shear crack slides before rupturing in G and H specimens.
4.The complexity of the configuration in black-mica influenced the tensile strength of the granite specimen. That is, the higher the complexity index becomes, such as that of the fractal dimension of the black-mica outline, the smaller the tensile strength is.
5.Fracture simulation of DEM for a 3D specimen model including pie-existing cracks shows that a similar tendency of tensile strength and its strain are obtained from micromechanics tests for H, G, and R specimens.
6.The fracture process and fragmentation differed depending on the orientation of pre-existing cracks in the model specimens.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2003 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) Publications (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 岩石の内部構造と破壊過程2003

    • Author(s)
      板倉賢一, ほか
    • Journal Title

      資源・素材関係学協会合同秋季大会分科研究会資料 A4-8

      Pages: 103-106

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Structural Complexity of Rock and Fracture Process2003

    • Author(s)
      ITAKURA, Ken-ichi et al.
    • Journal Title

      Proc.of Autumn Conf.of MMIJ and Related Society A4-8

      Pages: 103-106

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 板倉賢一, ほか: "岩石の内部構造と破壊課程"資源・素材関係学協会合同秋季大会分科研究会資料. A4-8. 103-106 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2003-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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