Research Article

Effect of Material Properties and Strain Rate on Fragmentation of Anisotropic Rock

Table 2

Microscopic properties of particles and bonds of the SHPB bars.

PropertiesMaterial parameters’ value

Particles
Ball density (kg/m3)7900
Ball radius (m)0.5e-3

Particle-based material parameters
Young’s modulus (, Pa)182e9
Stiffness ratio ()2.35

Parallel bond model parameters
Young’s modulus (, Pa)182e9
Stiffness ratio 2.35
Normal strength (, Pa)1e100
Shear strength (, Pa)1e100