Crack formation dynamics investigation of in a solid body under the surfactant influence

Abstract

A method for estimating crack formation in a solid is proposed. The necessity the crack formation dynamics investigation is substantiated. Based on the Rebinder effect, a method for controlling the cracking nature using surfactants is proposed. The destruction by impact and explosion of samples pre-treated with water and surfactant is considered. It is established that pre-treatment of glass plates with surfactant solution shows a more uniform cracks distribution on impact, which may be the basis for the assumption that the surfactants use in blasting will significantly improve the crushing quality and reduce the oversized fractions yield. When examining the samples, which were saturated with surfactant solution, it is seen that the cracks system only increased after the explosion, small cracks appeared, which connect large ones. In the case of water use, we also see an increase in cracking, but it is not as intense and uniform as in the case of surfactants previous use. This result also confirms the fact that the pre-saturation of the medium with a surfactant solution before the pulse loads contributes to a more uniform crushing in the future and provides a basis for experiments on three-dimensional models in this direction.