Reliability of indirect tensile strength test on homogenous material using finite element method

• Main Author: Khalfalla, Firas Ahmed Ibrahim
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/81000/1/FirasAhmedIbrahimMFKA2016.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/81000/; http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:120323

The difficulties associated with performing a direct tensile test on a rock specimen have led to a number of indirect methods for assessing the tensile strength. This study focuses on the influence of the contact area between loading plates and the sample on the stress distribution, deformations and...