Strength and deformation behaviors of rockfill materials,key factors for determining the stability of dams,pertain strongly to the grain crushing characteristics.In this study,single-particle crushing tests were carri...Strength and deformation behaviors of rockfill materials,key factors for determining the stability of dams,pertain strongly to the grain crushing characteristics.In this study,single-particle crushing tests were carried out on rockfill materials with nominal particle diameters of 2.5 mm,5 mm and 10 mm to investigate the particle size effect on the single-particle strength and the relationship between the characteristic stress and probability of non-failure.Test data were found to be described by the Weibull distribution with the Weibull modulus of 3.24.Assemblies with uniform nominal grains were then subjected to one-dimensional compression tests at eight levels of vertical stress with a maximum of 100 MPa.The yield stress in one-dimensional compression tests increased with decreasing the particle size,which could be estimated from the single-particle crushing tests.The void ratio-vertical stress curve could be predicted by an exponential function.The particle size distribution curve increased obviously with applied stresses less than 16 MPa and gradually reached the ultimate fractal grading.The relative breakage index became constant with stress up to 64 MPa and was obtained from the ultimate grading at the fractal dimension(a?2:7).A hyperbolical function was also found useful for describing the relationship between the relative breakage index and input work during one-dimensional compression tests.展开更多
The particle breakage during specimen compaction had more significant influence on the position of the breakage critical-state line(BCSL)of Tacheng rockfill material(TRM)in the e-lnp’plane than the particle breakage ...The particle breakage during specimen compaction had more significant influence on the position of the breakage critical-state line(BCSL)of Tacheng rockfill material(TRM)in the e-lnp’plane than the particle breakage during shearing,based on the large-scale triaxial compression tests on TRM in a wide range of densities and pressures.The state-dependent dilatancy and the plastic modulus were correlated to the breakage index,based on the formulations of the BCSL of TRM in the e-lnp’plane.The state-dependent model considering particle breakage was proposed for TRM within the framework of the generalized plasticity theory.The proposed model contained fourteen material constants.The test data of TRM from Group A were adopted to determine these material constants,while the test data from Group B were used independently to validate the model predictive capacity.The comparisons between model simulations and test data illustrated that the model with consideration of particle breakage could well represent the stress-strain behaviors of TRM,e.g.,the strain hardening and volumetric contraction behaviors at a loose state and the strain softening and volumetric expansion behaviors at a dense state,and also the particle breakage behaviors of TRM.展开更多
基金financial support from the 111 Project (Grant No. B13024)the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51509024, 51678094 and 51578096)+2 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 106112017CDJQJ208848)the Special Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2017T100681)the State Key Laboratory for Geo Mechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Grant No. SKLGDUEK1810)
文摘Strength and deformation behaviors of rockfill materials,key factors for determining the stability of dams,pertain strongly to the grain crushing characteristics.In this study,single-particle crushing tests were carried out on rockfill materials with nominal particle diameters of 2.5 mm,5 mm and 10 mm to investigate the particle size effect on the single-particle strength and the relationship between the characteristic stress and probability of non-failure.Test data were found to be described by the Weibull distribution with the Weibull modulus of 3.24.Assemblies with uniform nominal grains were then subjected to one-dimensional compression tests at eight levels of vertical stress with a maximum of 100 MPa.The yield stress in one-dimensional compression tests increased with decreasing the particle size,which could be estimated from the single-particle crushing tests.The void ratio-vertical stress curve could be predicted by an exponential function.The particle size distribution curve increased obviously with applied stresses less than 16 MPa and gradually reached the ultimate fractal grading.The relative breakage index became constant with stress up to 64 MPa and was obtained from the ultimate grading at the fractal dimension(a?2:7).A hyperbolical function was also found useful for describing the relationship between the relative breakage index and input work during one-dimensional compression tests.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholar(Grant No.50825901)the 111 Project(Grant No.B13024)+2 种基金the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University(Grant No.IRT1125)the Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51379067)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2011B14514)
文摘The particle breakage during specimen compaction had more significant influence on the position of the breakage critical-state line(BCSL)of Tacheng rockfill material(TRM)in the e-lnp’plane than the particle breakage during shearing,based on the large-scale triaxial compression tests on TRM in a wide range of densities and pressures.The state-dependent dilatancy and the plastic modulus were correlated to the breakage index,based on the formulations of the BCSL of TRM in the e-lnp’plane.The state-dependent model considering particle breakage was proposed for TRM within the framework of the generalized plasticity theory.The proposed model contained fourteen material constants.The test data of TRM from Group A were adopted to determine these material constants,while the test data from Group B were used independently to validate the model predictive capacity.The comparisons between model simulations and test data illustrated that the model with consideration of particle breakage could well represent the stress-strain behaviors of TRM,e.g.,the strain hardening and volumetric contraction behaviors at a loose state and the strain softening and volumetric expansion behaviors at a dense state,and also the particle breakage behaviors of TRM.
