Publication detail

Numerical simulations towards verification of acoustic emission events localization in splitting tests of cementitious composites

SOBEK, J. ŠTAFA, M. VESELÝ, V.

Original Title

Numerical simulations towards verification of acoustic emission events localization in splitting tests of cementitious composites

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper presents a numerical study of failure behavior of cement-based composite materials differing in their composition, particularly the aggregate size. A set of four different materials was tested in two variants of splitting test geometry. During these tests, apart from the typical outputs such as the load–displacement curves, signals from failure events causing acoustic emission (AE) were recorded. Subsequently, the event’s localization analysis was performed. However, reliability of the procedures of the failure events localization might seem questionable in some cases. There-fore, the test evaluation procedures were accompanied by analyses using numerical simulation tools based on non-linear fracture-mechanics approach. 3D numerical simulations of the stress distribution evolution and the crack (more precisely the fracture process zone) propagation in the specimens are performed using two computational codes. One is a commercial non-linear FEM code with implementation of cohesive crack model (in the smeared cracks formulation). The second is an own developed discrete lattice-type model. Both approaches are compared with experimental AE data.

Keywords

Quasi-brittle fracture, splitting test, numerical simulation, cohesive crack model, smeared crack approach, lattice model, acoustic emission, fracture events localization

Authors

SOBEK, J.; ŠTAFA, M.; VESELÝ, V.

RIV year

2015

Released

27. 4. 2015

Publisher

J. Toribio, B. Gonzáles, J-C. Matos

Location

Zamora, Spain

ISBN

0213-3725

Periodical

Anales de Mecánica de la Fractura

Year of study

2015

Number

32

State

Kingdom of Spain

Pages from

160

Pages to

165

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT117753,
  author="Jakub {Sobek} and Michal {Štafa} and Václav {Veselý}",
  title="Numerical simulations towards verification of acoustic emission events localization in splitting tests of cementitious composites",
  booktitle="32th Spanish Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity – Encuentro del Grupo Español de Fractura 32 GEF (Anales de Mécanica de la Fractura)",
  year="2015",
  journal="Anales de Mecánica de la Fractura",
  volume="2015",
  number="32",
  pages="160--165",
  publisher="J. Toribio, B. Gonzáles, J-C. Matos",
  address="Zamora, Spain",
  issn="0213-3725"
}