Research Article
Modelling the Crack Initiation and Propagation of Notched Rock Beam under the Three-Point Bending Load
Table 1
The basic parameters for the numerical simulations.
| Symbols | Description | Value |
| E | Young’s modulus | 30 GPa [15] | | Poisson’s ratio | 0.25 [15] | σmax | Cohesive strength | 9 MPa [15] | GI | Mode I fracture energy | 100 N/m [15] | GII | Mode II fracture energy | 100 N/m [15] | rc | Radius of nonlocal averaging | 0.5 mm |
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