Triaxial creep tests of weak sandstone from fracture zone of high dam foundation

The lithology of fracture zone which was developed at the dam foundation of a hydropower station is weak sandstone with poor integrity and pore cementation contact.Its creep properties have a significant impact on the deformation and stability of the dam.Based on the characteristics of loose organizational structure,high moisture content and poor mechanical properties,the triaxial compression tests and creep tests were carried out,respectively.The results show significant non-linear,low strength and no obvious strength peaks.Both axial and lateral strains are achieved more than 3%when the tests are failed.The weak sandstone has a significant creep property,but only transient and steady state appear under low stress.Increased stress causes creep intensified and lateral strain gradually exceeds axial strain.In the failure stage,it has characteristics of large axial plastic deformation,obvious volumetric ductility dilation and large steady creep rate.The accelerated creep appears shortly after transient loading under confining of pressures 1.0 MPa and 1.5 MPa.Therefore,an improved Burgers creep model considering the non-linear characteristics of weak sandstone is built based on hyperbolic equation and the creep parameters are identified.This model can well describe the creep properties of weak sandstone.

Temperature-controlled triaxial compression/creep test device for thermodynamic properties of soft sedimentary rock and corresponding theoretical prediction

In deep geological disposal of high-level nuclear waste,one of the most important subjects is to estimate long-term stability and strength of host rock under high temperature conditions caused by radioactive decay of the waste.In this paper,some experimental researches on the thermo-mechanical characteristics of soft sedimentary rock have been presented.For this reason,a new temperature-controlled triaxial compression and creep test device,operated automatically by a computer-controlled system,whose control software has been developed by the authors,was developed to conduct the thermo-mechanical tests in different thermal loading paths,including an isothermal path.The new device is proved to be able to conduct typical thermo-mechanical element tests for soft rock.The test device and the related testing method were introduced in detail.Finally,some test results have been simulated with a thermo-elasto-viscoplastic model that was also developed by the authors.

Dynamic stress accumulation model of granite residual soil under cyclic loading based on small-size creep tests

The creep behaviors of granite residual soil with pre-stress of 100 kPa was investigated by a series of small size creep tests. Three different types of strain curves were obtained at different stress levels. Based on creep characteristics of the granite residual soil under different stress levels, a creep model of the granite residual soil was established by rheological theory, and related parameters of the model were determined according to the experimental data at the same time. Further on, based on the established creep model, a theoretical model of dynamic stress accumulation in the granite residual soil under cyclic loading was deduced. It is found that there is a threshold of dynamic stress accumulation in this theoretical model. The dynamic stress accumulation laws of the granite residual soil are different under different cyclic loading stress. Finally, with the dynamic stress accumulation laws in the small-size samples of granite residual soil under different cycle loading studied and the experimental results comparing with the theoretical results, it verifies the validity of the theoretical model.

Computer Simulation of the Indentation Creep Tests on Particle-Reinforced Composites

A systematical simulation has been carried out on the indentation creep test on particle-reinforced composites. The deformation, failure mechanisms and life are analyzed by three reasonable models. The following five factors have been considered simultaneously: creep property of the particle, creep property of the matrix, the shape of the particle, the volume fraction of the particle and the size (relative size to the particle) of the indentation indenter. For all the cases, the power law respecting to the applied stress can be used to model the steady indentation creep depth rate of the indenter, and the detail expressions have been presented. The computer simulation precision is analyzed by the two-phase model and the three-phase model. Two places of the stress concentration are found in the composites. One is ahead of the indentation indenter, where the high stress state is deduced by the edge of the indenter and will decrease rapidly near to a steady value with the creep time. The other one is at the interface, where the high stress state is deduced by the misfit of material properties between the particles and matrix. It has been found that the creep dissipation energy density other than a stress parameter can be used to be the criterion to model the debonding of the interfaces. With the criterion of the critical creep dissipation energy density, a power law to the applied stress with negative exponent can be used to model the failure life deduced by the debonding of interfaces. The influences of the shape of the particles and the matching of creep properties of particle and matrix can be discussed for the failure. With a crack model, the further growth of interface crack is analyzed, and some important experimental phenomena can be predicted. The failure mechanism which the particle will be punched into matrix has been also discussed. The critical differences between the creep properties of the particles and matrix have been calculated, after a parameter has been defined. In the view of competition of failure mechanisms, the best matching of the creep properties of the two phases and the best shape of the particles are discussed for the composite design.

DETERMINATION OF CREEP PROPERTIES OF THERMAL BARRIER COATING(TBC)SYSTEMS FROM THE INDENTATION CREEP TESTING WITH ROUND FLAT INDENTERS

Indentation creep behavior with cylindrical flat indenters on the thermal barrier coating (TBC) was studied by finite element method (FEM). On ike constant applied indentation creep stress, there is a steady creep rate for each case studied for different creep properties of the TBC system. The steady creep depth rate depends on the applied indentation creep stress and size of the indenters as well as the creep properties of the bond coat of the TBC and the substrate. The possibilities to determine the creep properties of a thermal barrier system from indention creep testing were discussed. As an example, with two different size indenters, the creep properties of bond coat of the TBC system can be derived by an inverse FEM method. This study not only provides a numerical method to obtain the creep properties of the TBC system, but also extends the application of indentation creep method with cylindrical flat indenters.

Aging Coefficient, Creep Coefficient and Extrapolating Aging Coefficient from Short Term Test for Sealed Concrete

Aging coefficient and creep coefficient are important parameters for creep analysis of any structure. With the aim to obtain those parameters, an experimental investigation is carried out on sealed concrete. Altogether ten specimens were tested, out of which four were for creep, two for shrinkage and remaining four for relaxation test. A year of relaxation test and two years of creep test results were analyzed to compute aging coefficient and creep coefficient. From regression analysis of observed and calculated aging coefficient using formula of Bazant and Kim, modification for aging coefficient is performed and extrapolation equations are generated. Instead of ACI model, B3 model has been used to obtain compliance function as the parameters of B3 model seems more relevant to creep mechanism of concrete compared to that of ACI model.

Microstructural Evolution on the T91 Dissimilar Metal Joints during Creep Rupture Tests

T91 steel is one of the new materials presently employed in power plant pipe components. The creep rupture strength and microstructure of the T91+10CrMo910 and T91+13CrMo44 welded joints were analyzed during creep rupture tests. Creep transgranular ductile rupture occurred at the 10CrMo910 matrix in the T91+10CrMo910 welded joints and creep intergranular brittle rupture occurred at the 13CrMo44 HAZ in the T91+13CrMo44 joints. Microhardness measurements showed high hardness at the heat affected zone (HAZ) of T91 and a sharply drop at the 13CrMo44 HAZ during creep rupture. The metallographic tests showed that no obvious microstructure degradation was observed in the 10CrMo910 HAZ and matrix, while creep cracks appeared at the 13CrMo44 HAZ. T91 steel had relatively high creep resistant strength in the welded joints tested. Recovery occurred in the T91 HAZ with the growth of subgrain size and the decrease of dislocation density during creep. It was concluded that the dissimilar joints of T91 and low alloy heat-resistant steel should have close creep strength matching to increase the service life of the overall joints at elevated temperature.

基于含冰量的冻结砂土-混凝土接触面蠕变特性

保证高含冰量冻土区桩基础的长期稳定性是多年冻土区桥梁桩基础安全服役中的关键问题,为研究含冰量对冻土-混凝土接触面蠕变特性的影响,采用自行研制的大型蠕变剪切仪,在−2℃条件下开展含冰量为6%、12%、16%、23%、36%、60%、80%的冻结砂土与混凝土接触面蠕变试验.试验结果表明:在恒定的剪应力作用下,除含冰量为6%试样出现加速蠕变外,其他试样仅出现衰减蠕变及稳定蠕变2个阶段;随含冰量的增大,试样黏性变形占比增大,含冰量为80%试样的黏性变形超过总变形量的80%;稳定蠕变速率受到干密度及含冰量的综合影响,含冰量为16%时稳定蠕变速率最小;Burgers黏弹性模型能较好地模拟高含冰量冻结砂土-混凝土接触面蠕变曲线;随着含冰量的增大,初始剪切模量和稳定蠕变阶段黏滞系数先增大后减小,初始蠕变阶段的渐进剪切模量呈幂函数减小,初始蠕变阶段黏滞系数呈幂函数增大.

Rheological Characteristics of Gluten after Modified by DATEM, Ascorbic Acid, Urea and DTT Using Creep-Recovery Test

The effects of diacetyl tartaric acid ester of monoglycerides (DATEM), ascorbic acid (AA), urea, and dithiothreitol (DTT) on viscoelastic properties of commercial hard red winter wheat gluten were investigated. A constant shear stress of 40 Pa was applied to gluten during creep-recovery test. Experimental creep-recovery compliance responses were fitted into a Burgers model with four elements accounting for characteristics of pure elastic (spring), viscoelastic (spring-dashpots elements), and viscous flow (dashpot). DATEM decreased the elasticity and viscoelasticity, but increased viscosity of gluten. The addition of AA, urea, and DTT, resulted in opposite rheological properties when compared with DATEM. Relationship among physical properties was also studied with principal component analysis (PCA) including gluten viscoelasticity, dough mixing and baking properties. Regressed coefficients from Burgers model accounted for higher percent of explained variance and were independent from flour content, baking and dough mixing properties.

冻结重塑黏土分数阶蠕变本构模型分析

人工冻土的蠕变特性受温度场、水分场、应力场的相互影响,而传统的岩土本构模型未能考虑温度、含水率等因素。为了表达冻土介于理想固体和理想流体之间的某种“勾兑效应”,基于岩土的经验模型,将分数阶导数理论引入其中,建立受水、热、力三场耦合影响的人工冻土分数阶蠕变模型。将西安某煤矿黏土重塑并进行不同温度、含水率的单轴抗压和单轴蠕变试验,得到温度和含水率对冻结重塑黏土强度特性和蠕变特性的影响规律。分析冻结重塑黏土在不同负温、含水率及两种应力等级下的蠕变曲线,得到lg t-lgε曲线的线性关系,进而得出冻结重塑黏土分数阶蠕变模型相关参数与温度、含水率的函数关系。对比分数阶冻土蠕变模型试验值与计算值,发现该模型能够很好地反映冻土在不同应力等级下其蠕变随温度和含水率的变化规律,对指导寒区冻土工程设计与施工具有重要意义。

高地应力-化学侵蚀耦合作用下炭质板岩蠕变试验及非线性蠕变损伤模型

为克服高程障碍并降低施工风险,可采用长大隧道穿越崇山峻岭,但这些隧道往往处于深埋高地应力环境,并受到化学侵蚀影响。为了解决此问题,以丽江—香格里拉炭质板岩大变形隧道为研究对象,采用室内试验和理论推导,研究深埋炭质板岩隧道受化学侵蚀作用下的围岩变形特性。在Poyting-Thomson体蠕变体的基础上,根据模型元件的力学特性,叠加了损伤元件、化学损伤元件和非线性元件,提出高地应力-化学侵蚀耦合作用下炭质板岩非线性蠕变损伤本构关系。研究结果表明:1)炭质板岩试样受化学侵蚀影响显著,侵蚀90 d试样所产生的轴向蠕变应变为侵蚀0 d试样的2.02倍,侵蚀60 d试样所产生的径向蠕变为侵蚀0 d试样的1.85倍;2)受侵蚀的炭质板岩试样在三轴压缩状态下破裂以斜向贯通裂隙为主,并产生一定的滑移错动裂隙,且沿轴线的拉伸劈裂破坏受围压作用抑制明显,未产生竖向贯通裂隙。

粉砂质泥岩蠕变特性与非线性黏弹塑性本构模型

针对边坡、隧道工程中粉砂质泥岩长期稳定性问题,采用DZSZ-150型多场耦合岩石三轴压力试验机,利用粉砂质泥岩相似材料试样,开展不同围压下粉砂质泥岩蠕变试验。根据蠕变试验结果建立可描述粉砂质泥岩蠕变全过程的非线性黏弹塑性本构模型,以7 MPa围压下蠕变试验结果为例,对所提出的蠕变本构模型进行合理性和可行性验证。结果表明:试样的稳态蠕变速率与偏应力大小有关,随着偏应力的增加,试样稳态蠕变速率与偏应力之间符合指数函数关系;在加速蠕变阶段的蠕变速率相对低偏应力水平下减速蠕变和稳态蠕变速率明显要增大很多,且非常短时间内就发生了蠕变破坏;提出一种描述粉砂质泥岩全蠕变过程的非线性黏弹塑性本构模型,该模型能描述粉砂质泥岩蠕变-破坏全过程的蠕变变形规律,反映了粉砂质泥岩在不同偏应力水平作用下的蠕变特性,克服了经典模型中无法准确描述加速蠕变过程的难题。

STUDY ON TESTING TECHNIQUE FOR MEASUREMENT OF FATIGUE－CREEP INTERACTION RESISTANCE

By using dropped stress creep method a new testing technique for measurement of the fa-tigue-creep interaction resistance is developed. At varied adjusted mean stresses the creep testingwas performed repeatedly When an unlimited extensive incubation period with zero creep rate oc-curred. the stress cavsing zero creep rate is defined as fatigue-creep resistance. The developped test-ing technique was used to measure the fatigue-creep resistance in F anc C regions. The dynamic ef-fective stress could yield a better descrption of fatigue and creep interaction. The fatigue-creep rateequations with varied exponents inF of C region are established. The different deformation mecha-nisms in F or C regions are indicated

不同加卸载路径下灵敏性粉土的变形特性

山西汾河中游一级阶地的施工中发现,饱和粉土地基受扰动后会产生很大的附加沉降,且迟迟不能稳定,表现出灵敏性。基于一维固结蠕变试验研究不同的加卸载路径对灵敏性粉土变形特性的影响,结果表明:加卸载路径和加卸荷比是影响压缩曲线的重要因素;压缩曲线在出现转折时对应的应力为结构屈服应力;加荷比越大,同级荷载下沉降值、固结系数、次固结系数和主固结比都会增大,同时其压缩曲线越趋近于线性,特征转折点消失,但加荷比越大,可大大减少工期;预压荷载的大小和卸荷比都会影响灵敏性粉土的回弹量,预压荷载大于结构屈服应力时,卸荷比越大,回弹量越大,因此需要采取分级卸载方法减小回弹量,保证预压效果;目标荷载小于结构屈服应力时,超载预压法降低工后沉降效果显著。

纤维加筋膨胀土的蠕变规律及模型预测

膨胀土是具有流变性质的灾害性土,其蠕变行为直接影响到工程结构的稳定性和安全性。为探究剑麻纤维加筋膨胀土的蠕变特性及应力-应变数学模型,采用室内固结排水三轴蠕变试验,分别进行了不同含水率、不同围压和不同偏应力条件下素膨胀土和剑麻纤维加筋膨胀土的蠕变特性研究,根据蠕变特征曲线提出了基于Mesri蠕变经验模型的剑麻纤维加筋膨胀土的修正蠕变模型。结果表明:相同条件下,剑麻纤维加筋土的蠕变变形量明显小于素土的蠕变变形量,说明掺入剑麻纤维可有效提高膨胀土的结构性能和抗变形能力;素土和剑麻纤维加筋土的蠕变变形量随含水率增大而增大,而随围压的增大呈减小趋势;素土和剑麻纤维加筋土在受到偏应力时均会产生瞬时应变量和蠕变变形量,其蠕变变形量随偏应力的增大而增大;素土和加筋土的蠕变曲线分4个阶段,分别为弹性变形阶段、稳态蠕变阶段、衰减蠕变阶段和加速蠕变阶段;高偏应力下,基于传统Mesri蠕变经验模型的剑麻纤维加筋土蠕变预测误差高达37.95%,对Mesri蠕变经验模型进行修正后预测误差降至1.5%内,说明修正模型能较好地描述剑麻纤维加筋土的蠕变特性。此研究结果可为膨胀土工程提供理论参考。

煤岩蠕变试验及其灾变模型

为全面揭示煤岩长历时蠕变破坏机制,开展了长历时煤岩单轴压缩分级蠕变声发射试验,分析了不同应力水平下煤岩蠕变变形和声发射规律,在此基础上,把临界幂律灾变函数引入理想黏弹塑性体,并与Burgers体串联,建立煤岩灾变蠕变模型。结果表明:煤岩单轴蠕变经历减速、稳定和加速蠕变3个阶段,声发射参数的变化规律能很好地反映煤岩蠕变3个阶段的变形特征;减速蠕变阶段内声发射事件较活跃,稳定蠕变阶段内低应力水平下声发射活动比中应力水平多,当从稳定蠕变阶段到加速蠕变阶段时,煤岩突然宏观脆性破坏,应变发生突变,声发射突然增大,呈现灾变破坏特征;高应力水平下的减速和稳定蠕变阶段煤岩内部裂隙充分且均匀发育,最终导致煤岩发生粉碎性的灾变破坏,这一破坏特征不同于单轴压缩破坏的剪切破坏;煤岩灾变蠕变模型能全面体现煤岩减速、稳定和加速蠕变阶段,已有几种非线性蠕变模型预测高应力水平蠕变试验结果相关系数最大为0.74,而灾变蠕变模型预测的相关系数大于0.97。岩石蠕变试验数据拟合结果表明灾变模型能够很好地描述各类岩石蠕变过程,临界幂律指数β对灾变破坏起控制作用,随着β的不断增大,岩石蠕变也从渐进式破坏转变为灾变破坏,从而验证了此煤岩灾变蠕变模型的正确性和适用性。

Time-dependent behavior and permeability evolution of limestone under hydro-mechanical coupling

Excessively high pore water pressure presents unpredictable risks to the safety of rock tunnels in mountainous regions that are predominantly composed of limestone. Investigating the creep characteristics and permeability evolution of limestone under varying hydrated conditions is crucial for a better understanding of the delayed deformation mechanisms of limestone rock tunnels. To this end, this paper initially conducts a series of multi-stage triaxial creep tests on limestone samples under varying pore water pressures. The experiment examines how pore water pressure affects limestone’s creep strain, strain rate, long-term strength, lifespan, and permeability, all within the context of hydraulicmechanical(HM) coupling. To better describe the creep behavior associated with pore water pressure, this paper proposes a new nonlinear fractional creep constitutive model. This constitutive model depicts the initial, steady-state, and accelerated phases of limestone’s creep behavior. Finally, the proposed model is applied to the numerical realization of deformation in limestone tunnel, validating the effectiveness of the proposed constitutive model in predicting tunnel’s creep deformation. This research enhances our understanding of limestone’s creep characteristics and permeability evolution under HM coupling, laying a foundation for assessing the longterm stability of mountain tunnels.

红层泥岩填料蠕变特性及分数阶五元件非线性蠕变模型研究

为揭示红层泥岩填料的蠕变力学特性,对甘肃红层泥岩填料开展分级加载三轴CU蠕变试验,分析不同含水率和偏应力水平下红层泥岩填料的轴向蠕变、蠕变速率、应力-应变等时曲线等蠕变特性。基于红层泥岩填料蠕变曲线特征分析,引入分数阶微积分,构建适用于甘肃红层泥岩填料的分数阶五元件非线性蠕变模型,并对模型参数进行辨识和分析。研究结果表明:甘肃红层泥岩填料存在明显的蠕变特性,呈非线性衰减蠕变,随含水率与偏应力水平增大,蠕变变形明显增大;应力-应变等时曲线呈现出非线性特征,存在明显拐点,甘肃红层泥岩填料的长期强度为瞬时强度的0.6~0.8;所构建的模型可以准确地描述甘肃红层泥岩填料的蠕变特性,对试验结果的拟合效果明显比Burgers和Merchant模型拟合效果好。

抚顺西露天矿泥岩蠕变特性试验及介观模型研究

为研究抚顺西露天矿边坡中泥岩蠕变特征,利用ITZ-1型三轴剪切仪,采用陈氏分级加载法对抚顺西露天矿边坡中的岩样进行蠕变试验,获得岩样蠕变曲线。对试验数据进行数值拟合得到改进的Burgers模型基本参数,在ABAQUS有限元分析软件中对改进的Burgers模型二次开发编写UMAT子程序。通过Python脚本结合Voronoi多边形法建立岩石介观结构模型,模拟得出岩样蠕变曲线,分析试验蠕变曲线及数值模拟得出的介观尺度损伤。研究结果表明:抚顺西露天矿边坡中泥岩具有减速和等速蠕变阶段特性,岩石介观模型模拟所得蠕变结果与试验结果误差较小,泥岩中沿轴向生长的介观结构更易发生损伤、破坏。所建岩石介观模型可以更精确地模拟岩石介观结构特征,为工程实际中的岩石力学仿真模拟提供参考。

Use of Unconventional Aggregates in Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete

The study investigates use of dolomite sand waste as filler or/and sand material plus BOF steel slag as fine and coarse aggregate for design of high performance asphalt concrete.Both environmental and economic factors contribute to the growing need for the use of these materials in asphalt concrete pavements.This is particularly important for Latvia,where local crushed dolomite and sandstone does not fulfill the requirements for mineral aggregate in high and medium intensity asphalt pavements roads.Annually 100 to 200 thousand tons of steel slag aggregates are produced in Latvia.However,it has not been used extensively in asphalt pavement despite its high performance characteristics.Dolomite sand waste,which is byproduct of crushed dolomite production,is another widely available polydisperse by-product in Latvia.Its quantity has reached a million of tons and is rapidly increasing.This huge quantity of technological waste needs to be recycled with maximum efficiency.Various combinations of steel slag,dolomite sand waste and conventional aggregates were used to develop AC 11 asphalt concrete mixtures.The mix properties tests include resistance to permanent deformations(wheel tracking test,dynamic creep test)and fatigue resistance.Laboratory test results showed that asphalt concrete mixtures containing steel slag and local limestone in coarse portion and dolomite sand waste in sand and filler portions had high resistance to plastic deformations and good resistance to fatigue failure.