Research Article

Fracture Property of Y-Shaped Cracks of Brittle Materials under Compression

Table 1

Calculation results of SIF (MPa m1/2) from ABAQUS code.

AngleCrack ACrack BCrack C

15°−0.270−0.002−0.22−0.018−0.168−0.010
30°−0.271−0.008−0.2470.001−0.124−0.051
45°−0.272−0.017−0.2650.017−0.067−0.068
60°−0.273−0.026−0.2750.029−0.013−0.067
75°−0.276−0.034−0.2790.0360.026−0.039
90°−0.279−0.038−0.2790.0380.0410