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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2017-05-01

发表刊物：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、Scopus

卷号：112

页面范围：1-15

ISSN号：0020-7683

关键字：Fracture process; Expansion cement; Numerical simulation; Heterogeneous materials

摘要：A numerical model is proposed to study crack initiation, propagation and coalescence in heterogeneous materials subjected to expansion pressure in boreholes using the finite element method and damage mechanics. The strength heterogeneity of materials is modeled at the mesoscopic level using the Weibull distribution. Using this numerical model, the initiation and propagation of cracks generated by expansion cement in boreholes were simulated. The numerical simulations qualitatively reproduced the crack patterns in samples tested in laboratory experiments. Moreover, the results clarified the failure mechanisms and fracture processes, thereby contributing to a better understanding of fracture mechanisms in heterogeneous materials subjected to expansion pressure in boreholes. The numerical model allows direct observation of the entire process of crack initiation and growth to a degree that would be difficult to obtain in experimental studies. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.