Research Article

Dynamic Fracture Experiment of Fractured Rock under Dynamic Loading

Table 7

Crack propagation process of Specimen b3 at the loading rate of 11.4 m/s.

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

34.18
Prepeak
69.8Microcracks propagating to the left and right directions occurred from the vertex of the prefabricated fracture of specimen
42.09
At peak
104.4Cracks began to occur from the middle of the specimen fracture, and cracks began to occur near the left-end face
33.68
Postpeak
139.3Cracks continued to propagate with increased width, and more cracks covered up the surface of the specimen