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

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Parameters</td><td class="align_center">Maximum principal stress (Pa) <i>C</i> = 0.375</td><td class="align_center">Maximum principal stress (Pa) <i>C</i> = 0.625</td><td class="align_center">Fracture energy (J)</td><td class="align_center">Nominal stress (Pa)</td><td class="align_center">Elastic/Enn/Ess/Ett</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">XFEM</td><td class="align_center">3200</td><td class="align_center">3400</td><td class="align_center">0.7</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">—</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">FDEM</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">6500</td><td class="align_center">1.5 × 10<sup>8</sup></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The parameters for the XFEM and FDEM simulations.</div>

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Table 3: Fracture Analysis of Compacted Clay Soil Beams with Offset Notches Based on Three-Point Bending Test: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation 

Table 3 | Fracture Analysis of Compacted Clay Soil Beams with Offset Notches Based on Three-Point Bending Test: Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulation 