Research Article

Dynamic Fracture Experiment of Fractured Rock under Dynamic Loading

Table 2

Crack propagation process of Specimen c1 at the loading rate of 9.7 m/s.

High-speed imagesCrack sketchStress (MPa)Loading time (μs)Crack propagation process

20.82
Prepeak
27.9Cracks began to occur from the middle of prefabricated fracture of the specimen
26.44
At peak
71.9Cracks continued to propagate
17.44
Postpeak
123.7Cracks propagating from the middle of fracture extended and connected through the entire specimen, with increasing width of cracks