Crack initiation and propagation in molded gypsum specimens with pre-cracked single flaws

• Main Author: Chong, Wanling.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49196
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper summarises the results of an investigation on the influence of flaw inclination on crack initiation and propagation for molded gypsum specimens under compression. Molded gypsum specimens with 1.3mm wide flaws of inclinations 75°, 80°, 85° and 90° were tested. Uniaxial compression was cond...