eprintid: 15150 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/51/50 datestamp: 2023-11-10 03:29:46 lastmod: 2023-11-10 03:29:46 status_changed: 2023-11-10 01:58:46 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Aliha, M.R.M. creators_name: Ebneabbasi, P. creators_name: Karimi, H.R. creators_name: Nikbakht, E. title: A novel test device for the direct measurement of tensile strength of rock using ring shape sample ispublished: pub keywords: Ability testing; Fracture testing; Rocks; Tensile testing, Direct and indirect methods; Direct measurement; Loading devices; Measurements of; New seesaw loading device; Ring specimen; Rock materials; Test device; Test method; Tuffite rock, Tensile strength, force; measurement method; rock mechanics; tensile strength note: cited By 22 abstract: A novel test method is proposed in this research for determining the tensile strength of rocks and geo-materials. Using a seesaw device, two diametral tensile forces are applied to the inner surface of a ring shape specimen and consequently the ring specimen is splitted along a plane normal to the direction of applied tensile loading. A suitable formulation was derived for determining the tensile strength value using the direct ring tension specimen tested with the seesaw device. The required shape factor for the suggested tensile strength relation was obtained from the finite element analyses of ring specimen with different inner and outer diameters. The practical ability of suggested direct tensile strength measurement method was examined by performing some tensile strength experiments on tuffite rock and it was found that the results obtained from this test method is in very good agreement with two other conventional indirect tensile strength testing methods namely the Brazilian disc and compressed ring tests. Suitable geometry (i.e. inner/outer diameter ratio) was also proposed for testing the ring specimen. In addition, the fracture patterns of direct and indirect ring specimens tested with different di/do ratios were simulated and predicted using the XFEM method. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd date: 2021 publisher: Elsevier Ltd official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099783071&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijrmms.2021.104649&partnerID=40&md5=b6c2928fb36b6df74d3c8bbc6767989b id_number: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2021.104649 full_text_status: none publication: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences volume: 139 refereed: TRUE issn: 13651609 citation: Aliha, M.R.M. and Ebneabbasi, P. and Karimi, H.R. and Nikbakht, E. (2021) A novel test device for the direct measurement of tensile strength of rock using ring shape sample. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 139. ISSN 13651609