Deformation behavior and hydraulic properties of rock are the two main factors that influence safety of excavation and use of rock engineering due to in situ stress release.The primary objective of this study is to ex...Deformation behavior and hydraulic properties of rock are the two main factors that influence safety of excavation and use of rock engineering due to in situ stress release.The primary objective of this study is to explore deformation characteristics and permeability properties and provide some parameters to character the rock under unloading conditions.A series of triaxial tests with permeability and acoustic emission signal measurement were conducted under the path of confining pressure unloading prior to the peak stress.Deformation behavior and permeability evolution in the whole stress–strain process based on these experimental results were analyzed in detail.Results demonstrate that,under the confining pressure unloading conditions,a good correspondence relationship among the stress–axial strain curve,permeability–axial strain curve and acoustic emission activity pattern was obtained.After the confining pressure was unloaded,the radial strain grew much faster than the axial strain,which induced the volumetric strain growing rapidly.All failures under confining pressure unloading conditions featured brittle shear failure with a single macro shear rupture surface.With the decrease in deformation modulus during the confining pressure unloading process,the damage variable gradually increases,indicating that confining pressure unloading was a process of damage accumulation and strength degradation.From the entire loading and unloading process,there was a certain positive correlation between the permeability and volumetric strain.展开更多
From the geological structure of the columnar jointed rock mass, a visual model was established in software AUTOCAD by programming based on the algorithm of the Voronoi diagram. Furthermore, a program to convert the A...From the geological structure of the columnar jointed rock mass, a visual model was established in software AUTOCAD by programming based on the algorithm of the Voronoi diagram. Furthermore, a program to convert the AUTOCAD model into 3DEC (3-dimensional distinct element code) model was developed, and a numerical model was established in 3DEC. Moreover, the results of triaxial compression tests of columnar jointed rock masses were simulated numerically. The REV (representative element volume) scale was studied, and the result shows that the REV size is 3 m × 3 m. The proposed approach, the established model and the numerical simulation were applied to study the macro-mechanical properties and the equivalent strength parameters of the columnar jointed rock mass. The numerical simulation results are in good accordance with the in-situ test results.展开更多
Triaxial creep tests on CCG specimens were systematically performed using aself-made creep seepage experimental apparatus for determining the creep law of CCG.An improved triaxial creep model of CCG was established on...Triaxial creep tests on CCG specimens were systematically performed using aself-made creep seepage experimental apparatus for determining the creep law of CCG.An improved triaxial creep model of CCG was established on the basis of a Nishiharamodel and another visco-elasto-plastic model,parameters of which were fitted on test data.Furthermore,the creep model is validated according to the result of triaxial creep experiments,and the outcome shows that the proposed triaxial creep model can properly characterizethe properties of various creep deformation phases of CCG,especially the acceleratingcreep phase.At the same time,the instability conditions of CCG were presentedbased on the discussion of the improved model's stability in terms of stability theories ofdifferential equation solution.展开更多
To study the mechanical and damage evolution properties of sandstone under triaxial compression, we analyzed the stress strain curve characteristics, deformation and strength properties, and failure process and charac...To study the mechanical and damage evolution properties of sandstone under triaxial compression, we analyzed the stress strain curve characteristics, deformation and strength properties, and failure process and characteristics of sandstone samples under different stress states. The experimental results reveal that peak strength, residual strength, elasticity modulus and deformation modulus increase linearly with confining pressure, and failure models transform from fragile failure under low confining pressure to ductility failure under high confining pressure. Macroscopic failure forms of samples under uniaxial compression were split failure parallel to the axis of samples, while macroscopic failure forms under uniaxial compression were shear failure, the shear failure angle of which decreased linearly with confin- ing pressure. There were significant volume dilatation properties in the loading process of sandstone under different confining pressures, and we analyzed the damage evolution properties of samples based on acoustic emission damage and volumetric dilatation damage, and established damage constitutive model, realizing the real-time Quantitative evaluation of samnles damage state in loading process.展开更多
To disclose the grain crushing effects on the weathered granular soil rheological behavior,a series of rheological tests (odometer compression and triaxial shearing) were carried out.At the same time,the sieving analy...To disclose the grain crushing effects on the weathered granular soil rheological behavior,a series of rheological tests (odometer compression and triaxial shearing) were carried out.At the same time,the sieving analysis tests of these specimens were also executed before and after tests,and the grain crushing degree,Br and n5,were collectively adopted to estimate the grain crushing.The grain crushing degree depends on the stress path,stress level,and load time,especially,the longer load time and more intensive gradient shearing path will increase the grain crushing quantity.The Hardin crushing degrees Br are 0.191,0.118 and 0.085 in the ordinary compression,rheological compression and triaxial rheological shearing,respectively;The grain crushing degrees n5 are 1.9,1.4 and 1.32,respectively.The strain softening phase indicates the grain crushing and diffusive collapse,and the strain hardening phase indicates the rearrangement of these crushed grains and formation of new bearing soil skeleton.The rheological deformation of granular soil can be attributed to the coarse grain crushing and the filling external porosity with crushed fragments.展开更多
Experimental evidence has indicated that clay exhibits strain-softening response under undrained compression following anisotropic consolidation.The purpose of this work was to propose a modeling method under critical...Experimental evidence has indicated that clay exhibits strain-softening response under undrained compression following anisotropic consolidation.The purpose of this work was to propose a modeling method under critical state theory of soil mechanics.Based on experimental data on different types of clay,a simple double-surface model was developed considering explicitly the location of critical state by incorporating the density state into constitutive equations.The model was then used to simulate undrained triaxial compression tests performed on isotropically and anisotropically consolidated samples with different stress ratios.The predictions were compared with experimental results.All simulations demonstrate that the proposed approach is capable of describing the drained and undrained compression behaviors following isotropic and anisotropic consolidations.展开更多
The real in time computerized tomography (CT) testing of the meso damage propagation law of the whole sandstone failure process under triaxial compression has been completed using the newest specified triaxial loading...The real in time computerized tomography (CT) testing of the meso damage propagation law of the whole sandstone failure process under triaxial compression has been completed using the newest specified triaxial loading equipment corresponding to the CT machine. Through the CT scanning, the clear CT images which include from the microcracks compressed stage to growth stage, bifurcation stage, development stage, crack fracture stage,the rock sample failure until to unloading stage in the different stress states were obtained. The CT values, CT images and the other data have been analyzed. Based on the results of the CT testing of meso damage evolution law of rock,the stress threshold value of meso damage of rock is given, and the stress strain complete process curve of rock is divided into some sections. The initial rock damage propagation law is given in this paper.展开更多
An advanced discrete element servomechanism that can simultaneously and independently control the evolution equations of six stress and strain components without introducing severe stress concentration is implemented....An advanced discrete element servomechanism that can simultaneously and independently control the evolution equations of six stress and strain components without introducing severe stress concentration is implemented.Such a comprehensive series of discrete element method simulations of both drained and undrained behavior of transversely isotropic sandy soils are successfully conducted in the true triaxial setting.During the simulation process,the evolution patterns of the load-bearing structure of the granular specimen are tracked using a contact-normal-based fabric tensor.The simulation results show that sandy soils exhibit more significant non-coaxiality between the loading direction and the major principal direction of the fabric tensor under extension than under compression.Therefore,the fabric of the sandy soils under extension has a stronger tendency to evolve toward the loading direction than that under compression,causing a more significant disturbance to the load-bearing structure.Consequently,compared with the extension loading condition,the transversely isotropic specimen under compression exhibits a higher shear strength and stronger dilatancy under drained conditions and a stronger liquefaction resistance under undrained conditions.展开更多
To evaluate the strength attenuation law of soft rock in the western mining area of China, we established an evolution model for the strength parameters of soft mudstone at the post-peak stage by employing a tri-linea...To evaluate the strength attenuation law of soft rock in the western mining area of China, we established an evolution model for the strength parameters of soft mudstone at the post-peak stage by employing a tri-linear strain softening model. In the model, a stiffness degradation coefficient co and a softening modulus coefficient a were introduced to take into account the stiff- ness degradation, and the subsequent yield surfaces at post-peak stage were all assumed to meet the Molar-Coulomb yield criterion. Furthermore, attenuation laws of stiffness and strength parameters of soft mudstone were analyzed according to an engineering case. Finally, the model's accuracy was verified by comparison of results from numerical calculation and tri-axial compression tests. Results showed that the attenuation of the friction angle was dominated mainly by the instantaneous stress states and damage features, while the attenuation law of cohesion was also related to the plastic behavior. The degradation rates of strength param- eters decreased with increasing confining pressure and the friction angle tended towards its initial value. Residual strengths were also enhanced with increasing confming pressure. The results indicate that the evolution model can accurately describe the strain softening behavior of soft rock.展开更多
The influences of subsurface cracks,distributing along the axial direction,on the rolling contact fatigue(RCF)faliure in a bearing ring are investigated.A realistic three-dimensional model of the bearing ring containi...The influences of subsurface cracks,distributing along the axial direction,on the rolling contact fatigue(RCF)faliure in a bearing ring are investigated.A realistic three-dimensional model of the bearing ring containing three subsurface cracks is used to evaluate the fatigue crack propagation based on stress intensity factor(SIF)calculations.Moreover,the distributions of the subsurface cracks along the axial direction are varied to study their effects on RCF.The results provide valuable guidelines for enhanced understanding of RCF in bearings.展开更多
基金Project(2014CB047100)supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)Projects(51679093/E090705,51774147/E0409)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2017J01094)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province,China
文摘Deformation behavior and hydraulic properties of rock are the two main factors that influence safety of excavation and use of rock engineering due to in situ stress release.The primary objective of this study is to explore deformation characteristics and permeability properties and provide some parameters to character the rock under unloading conditions.A series of triaxial tests with permeability and acoustic emission signal measurement were conducted under the path of confining pressure unloading prior to the peak stress.Deformation behavior and permeability evolution in the whole stress–strain process based on these experimental results were analyzed in detail.Results demonstrate that,under the confining pressure unloading conditions,a good correspondence relationship among the stress–axial strain curve,permeability–axial strain curve and acoustic emission activity pattern was obtained.After the confining pressure was unloaded,the radial strain grew much faster than the axial strain,which induced the volumetric strain growing rapidly.All failures under confining pressure unloading conditions featured brittle shear failure with a single macro shear rupture surface.With the decrease in deformation modulus during the confining pressure unloading process,the damage variable gradually increases,indicating that confining pressure unloading was a process of damage accumulation and strength degradation.From the entire loading and unloading process,there was a certain positive correlation between the permeability and volumetric strain.
基金Projects(50911130366, 50979030) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘From the geological structure of the columnar jointed rock mass, a visual model was established in software AUTOCAD by programming based on the algorithm of the Voronoi diagram. Furthermore, a program to convert the AUTOCAD model into 3DEC (3-dimensional distinct element code) model was developed, and a numerical model was established in 3DEC. Moreover, the results of triaxial compression tests of columnar jointed rock masses were simulated numerically. The REV (representative element volume) scale was studied, and the result shows that the REV size is 3 m × 3 m. The proposed approach, the established model and the numerical simulation were applied to study the macro-mechanical properties and the equivalent strength parameters of the columnar jointed rock mass. The numerical simulation results are in good accordance with the in-situ test results.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(50874124)the National Basic Research Program of China(973)(2005CB221502)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(50534080)the Natural Science Foundation Project of CQ CSTC(2008BA6028)
文摘Triaxial creep tests on CCG specimens were systematically performed using aself-made creep seepage experimental apparatus for determining the creep law of CCG.An improved triaxial creep model of CCG was established on the basis of a Nishiharamodel and another visco-elasto-plastic model,parameters of which were fitted on test data.Furthermore,the creep model is validated according to the result of triaxial creep experiments,and the outcome shows that the proposed triaxial creep model can properly characterizethe properties of various creep deformation phases of CCG,especially the acceleratingcreep phase.At the same time,the instability conditions of CCG were presentedbased on the discussion of the improved model's stability in terms of stability theories ofdifferential equation solution.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.51323004 and 51574223)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (No.2015M571842)the Open Research Fund of Research Center of Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Building Energy Saving and Construction Technology (No.SJXTY1502)
文摘To study the mechanical and damage evolution properties of sandstone under triaxial compression, we analyzed the stress strain curve characteristics, deformation and strength properties, and failure process and characteristics of sandstone samples under different stress states. The experimental results reveal that peak strength, residual strength, elasticity modulus and deformation modulus increase linearly with confining pressure, and failure models transform from fragile failure under low confining pressure to ductility failure under high confining pressure. Macroscopic failure forms of samples under uniaxial compression were split failure parallel to the axis of samples, while macroscopic failure forms under uniaxial compression were shear failure, the shear failure angle of which decreased linearly with confin- ing pressure. There were significant volume dilatation properties in the loading process of sandstone under different confining pressures, and we analyzed the damage evolution properties of samples based on acoustic emission damage and volumetric dilatation damage, and established damage constitutive model, realizing the real-time Quantitative evaluation of samnles damage state in loading process.
基金Project(50908233) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(200413) supported by Communication Science and Technology Fund of Hunan Province,China
文摘To disclose the grain crushing effects on the weathered granular soil rheological behavior,a series of rheological tests (odometer compression and triaxial shearing) were carried out.At the same time,the sieving analysis tests of these specimens were also executed before and after tests,and the grain crushing degree,Br and n5,were collectively adopted to estimate the grain crushing.The grain crushing degree depends on the stress path,stress level,and load time,especially,the longer load time and more intensive gradient shearing path will increase the grain crushing quantity.The Hardin crushing degrees Br are 0.191,0.118 and 0.085 in the ordinary compression,rheological compression and triaxial rheological shearing,respectively;The grain crushing degrees n5 are 1.9,1.4 and 1.32,respectively.The strain softening phase indicates the grain crushing and diffusive collapse,and the strain hardening phase indicates the rearrangement of these crushed grains and formation of new bearing soil skeleton.The rheological deformation of granular soil can be attributed to the coarse grain crushing and the filling external porosity with crushed fragments.
基金Project(SKLGP2011K013)supported by the State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection,ChinaProject(20110073120012)supported by the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China+1 种基金Project(11PJ1405700)supported by the the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan,ChinaProject(41002091)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Experimental evidence has indicated that clay exhibits strain-softening response under undrained compression following anisotropic consolidation.The purpose of this work was to propose a modeling method under critical state theory of soil mechanics.Based on experimental data on different types of clay,a simple double-surface model was developed considering explicitly the location of critical state by incorporating the density state into constitutive equations.The model was then used to simulate undrained triaxial compression tests performed on isotropically and anisotropically consolidated samples with different stress ratios.The predictions were compared with experimental results.All simulations demonstrate that the proposed approach is capable of describing the drained and undrained compression behaviors following isotropic and anisotropic consolidations.
基金FundofStateKeyLaboratoryofFrozenSoilEngineeringofChina !(No 980 2 No 2 0 0 3 )
文摘The real in time computerized tomography (CT) testing of the meso damage propagation law of the whole sandstone failure process under triaxial compression has been completed using the newest specified triaxial loading equipment corresponding to the CT machine. Through the CT scanning, the clear CT images which include from the microcracks compressed stage to growth stage, bifurcation stage, development stage, crack fracture stage,the rock sample failure until to unloading stage in the different stress states were obtained. The CT values, CT images and the other data have been analyzed. Based on the results of the CT testing of meso damage evolution law of rock,the stress threshold value of meso damage of rock is given, and the stress strain complete process curve of rock is divided into some sections. The initial rock damage propagation law is given in this paper.
基金The National Natural Science of China(No.52208366)the Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province(No.2023AFB578).
文摘An advanced discrete element servomechanism that can simultaneously and independently control the evolution equations of six stress and strain components without introducing severe stress concentration is implemented.Such a comprehensive series of discrete element method simulations of both drained and undrained behavior of transversely isotropic sandy soils are successfully conducted in the true triaxial setting.During the simulation process,the evolution patterns of the load-bearing structure of the granular specimen are tracked using a contact-normal-based fabric tensor.The simulation results show that sandy soils exhibit more significant non-coaxiality between the loading direction and the major principal direction of the fabric tensor under extension than under compression.Therefore,the fabric of the sandy soils under extension has a stronger tendency to evolve toward the loading direction than that under compression,causing a more significant disturbance to the load-bearing structure.Consequently,compared with the extension loading condition,the transversely isotropic specimen under compression exhibits a higher shear strength and stronger dilatancy under drained conditions and a stronger liquefaction resistance under undrained conditions.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51174128), and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20123718110007)
文摘To evaluate the strength attenuation law of soft rock in the western mining area of China, we established an evolution model for the strength parameters of soft mudstone at the post-peak stage by employing a tri-linear strain softening model. In the model, a stiffness degradation coefficient co and a softening modulus coefficient a were introduced to take into account the stiff- ness degradation, and the subsequent yield surfaces at post-peak stage were all assumed to meet the Molar-Coulomb yield criterion. Furthermore, attenuation laws of stiffness and strength parameters of soft mudstone were analyzed according to an engineering case. Finally, the model's accuracy was verified by comparison of results from numerical calculation and tri-axial compression tests. Results showed that the attenuation of the friction angle was dominated mainly by the instantaneous stress states and damage features, while the attenuation law of cohesion was also related to the plastic behavior. The degradation rates of strength param- eters decreased with increasing confining pressure and the friction angle tended towards its initial value. Residual strengths were also enhanced with increasing confming pressure. The results indicate that the evolution model can accurately describe the strain softening behavior of soft rock.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2011CB706605)State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51135007)+1 种基金Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(Grant No.2011CDA12)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant Nos.2012-Ia-017,2013-IV-014)for the support given to this research
文摘The influences of subsurface cracks,distributing along the axial direction,on the rolling contact fatigue(RCF)faliure in a bearing ring are investigated.A realistic three-dimensional model of the bearing ring containing three subsurface cracks is used to evaluate the fatigue crack propagation based on stress intensity factor(SIF)calculations.Moreover,the distributions of the subsurface cracks along the axial direction are varied to study their effects on RCF.The results provide valuable guidelines for enhanced understanding of RCF in bearings.