Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 08, Numéro PR8, November 1998
2nd European Mechanics of Materials Conference on Mechanics of Materials with Intrinsic Length Scale : Physics, Experiments, Modelling and Applications
Page(s) Pr8-399 - Pr8-406
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1998849
2nd European Mechanics of Materials Conference on Mechanics of Materials with Intrinsic Length Scale : Physics, Experiments, Modelling and Applications

J. Phys. IV France 08 (1998) Pr8-399-Pr8-406

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:1998849

Bending of marble with intrinsic length scales : A gradient theory with surface energy and size effects

I. Vardoulakis1, G. Exadaktylos2 and S.K. Kourkoulis1

1  National Technical University of Athens, Department of Engineering Science, Section of Mechanics, 5 Heroes of Polytechnion Av., Zografou Campus, 15773 Athens, Greece
2  Technical University of Crete, Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, 73100 Hania, Greece


Abstract
A gradient bending theory is developed based on a strain energy function that includes the classical Bernoulli-Euler term, the shape correction term (microstructural length scale) introduced by Timoshenko, and a term associated with surface energy (micromaterial length scale) accounting for the bending moment gradient effect. It is shown that the last term is capable to interpret the size effect in three-point bending (3PB), namely the decrease of the failure load with decreasing beam length for the same aspect ratio. This theory is used to describe the mechanical behaviour of Dionysos-Pentelikon marble in 3PB. Series of tests with prismatic marble beams of the same aperture but with different lengths were conducted and it was concluded that the present theory predicts well the size effect.



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