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Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches

Author and affiliation details
  • Andrea Spagnoli Corresponding author spagnoli@unipr.it
  • Andrea Carpinteri
  • Sabrina Vantadori
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11
Pages
pages 80-88
Published
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Abstract

Natural stones like marbles are often employed as façade panels to externally cover buildings. These
natural materials tend to exhibit a quasi-brittle nonlinear fracture behaviour which, conversely to concrete
counterpart, has much less been studied in the literature. In the present paper, an experimental campaign on the
so-called red Verona marble is carried out, and the results are discussed together with some previously
published results on the white Carrara marble. The analysis of the two marbles as a whole allows us to discuss
size effect and to point out the need for additional parameters in order to describe their fracture behaviour. The
study focuses on a two-parameter model which accounts for a characteristic material length. A quantitative
correlation between material microstructure features, obtained from thin sections technique, and the
characteristic material length is proposed.

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APA

Spagnoli, A., Carpinteri, A., & Vantadori, S. (2015). Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 9(33), pages 80–88. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11

IEEE

A. Spagnoli, A. Carpinteri, and S. Vantadori, “Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 9, no. 33, pp. pages 80–88, 2015, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11.

MLA

Spagnoli, Andrea, et al. “Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 9, no. 33, 2015, pp. pages 80–88. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11.

Chicago

Spagnoli, Andrea, Andrea Carpinteri, and Sabrina Vantadori. 2015. “Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 9 (33): pages 80–88. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11.

Harvard

Spagnoli, A., Carpinteri, A. and Vantadori, S. (2015) ‘Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 9(33), pp. pages 80–88. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11.

Vancouver

Spagnoli A, Carpinteri A, Vantadori S. Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2015;9(33):pages 80-88. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11

BibTeX

@article{spagnoli2015, author = {Spagnoli, Andrea and Carpinteri, Andrea and Vantadori, Sabrina}, title = {Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2015}, volume = {9}, number = {33}, pages = {pages 80--88}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Spagnoli, Andrea AU - Carpinteri, Andrea AU - Vantadori, Sabrina TI - Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2015 DA - 2015/06/19 VL - 9 IS - 33 SP - pages 80 EP - 88 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.11 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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