Research Article

Dynamic Fracture Experiment of Fractured Rock under Dynamic Loading

Table 6

Crack propagation process of Specimen b2 at the loading rate of 10.6 m/s.

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

33.155
Prepeak
51.0Microcracks propagating to the lower left part and then to the upper right part occurring from the middle of prefabricated fracture of the specimen
45.27
At peak
116.3Cracks continued to propagate from the middle of fracture to the right direction
32.35
Postpeak
162.6Cracks continued to propagate with increased width