Research Article

Impact of Moisture Content on the Brittle-Ductile Transition and Microstructure of Sandstone under Dynamic Loading Conditions

Table 4

Typical fracture morphology of rock material.

Fracture modePattern type

Brittle (tensile) fractureRiver pattern, step pattern, fishbone pattern, intergranular crack, root pattern, scaly pattern, etc.
Ductile (shear) fractureParallel sliding pattern, snake slippery pattern, trans crystalline cracking, flat pattern, tetrahedral pattern, dimple pattern, slip step pattern, etc.