Crack initiation and propagation in molded gypsum specimens with pre-cracked single flaws

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Tan, Eunice Shu Fen.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2012
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49271

Discontinuities in rocks can affect the strength and stiffness of rocks which are important factors in rock mechanics. This study aims to observe the initiation and propagation of cracks emanating from a single pre-existing flaw in molded gypsum specimens when tested in uniaxial compression. The eff...