Research Article

Dynamic Fracture Experiment of Fractured Rock under Dynamic Loading

Table 3

Crack propagation process of Specimen c3 at the loading rate of 11.4 m/s.

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

26.74
Prepeak
52.6Cracks propagating to the left and right directions occurred from the vertex of the prefabricated fracture of specimen
34.38
At peak
101.2Cracks further propagated to two ends, and cracks occurred on the right-end face of the specimen
23.73
Postpeak
121.0Cracks propagating from the vertex of the fracture had increased width and connected through the specimen, and cracks covered up the two end faces of the specimen