Geology

Crack tip opening displacement

Structural engineering

Crack growth resistance curve

Engineering

Composite material

Geotechnical engineering

Materials science

Fracture mechanics

Crack closure

Fracture toughness

Toughness

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

In the process of tunnel blasting excavation, radial cracks could be induced. To investigate the effect of loading rates on crack propagation velocity…

Study of the effect of loading rates on crack propagation velocity and rock fracture toughness using cracked tunnel specimens