Experimental and numerical study on splitting failure of brittle solids containing single pore under uniaxial compression

Under uniaxial compression, brittle solids are frequently observed to fail by splitting parallel to the direction of loading. Although this failure has long been recognized, considerable confusion regarding how such splitting mechanisms develops still remains. Axial propagation of a crack-like flaw inclined to the loading direction of compression is one of the accepted mechanisms. In this paper, the axial propagation of a pore-like flaw as one...