Research Article

Fracture Analysis of Compacted Clay Soil Beams with Offset Notches Based on Three-Point Bending Test: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation

Table 1

The tested results of mechanical properties.

Specimen labelOffset ratio CMaximum load Fmax (N)Average maximum load Fmave (N)The displacement at maximum load D (mm)The average displacement at maximum load Dave (mm)

C0-G117.460.77
C0-G2018.7018.150.830.85
C0-G318.300.96
C0.25-G122.351.18
C0.25-G20.2520.2722.440.811.10
C0.25-G324.711.31
C0.375-G133.671.49
C0.375-G20.37532.5832.331.091.24
C0.375-G330.751.14
C0.5-G139.401.99
C0.5-G20.533.4536.132.061.95
C0.5-G335.531.80
C0.625-G159.122.01
C0.625-G20.62560.7863.402.342.18
C0.625-G370.312.19
C0.717-G159.682.30
C0.717-G20.71763.2664.162.382.30
C0.717-G369.552.22