Frictional behavior of quartz gouge during slide-hold-slide considering normal stress oscillation

Slide-hold-slide(SHS)test is an essential experimental approach for studying the frictional stability of faults.The origin SHS framework was established based on a consistent constant normal stress,which cannot truly reflect the stress disturbance around fault zones.In this paper,we conducted a series of'dynamic SHS tests',which includes normal stress oscillations in the relaxation stage with different oscillation amplitudes and frequencies on synthetic quartz gouge using a double direct shear assembly.The experimental results reveal that the amplitude of the normal load oscillation has a remarkable effect on the frictional relaxation and healing patterns.However,the frequency of the normal load oscillation has a minor effect.Additionally,the shear loading rate is proportional to the normal loading rate during the relaxation stage,and the normal stiffness of the quartz layer remains nearly constant under various loading conditions.The creep rate during the hold phase is not obviously affected by the normal load oscillation,while the precursory slip is also sensitive to the oscillation amplitude.This study provides insights into the evolution of frictional stability in discontinuities and is beneficial for controlling relative disasters in fault zones.

Experimental Studies on Cyclic Shear Behavior of Steel-Clay Interface Under Constant Normal Load

The degradation of the shear stress between pile-clay interface caused by undrained cyclic jacking affects the jacking force.A series of large displacement monotonic shear,cyclic shear and post-cyclic monotonic steel plate-clay interface shear te sts were performed under the constant normal load(CNL)condition to inve stigate the effects of normal stre ss,cyclic amplitude,and number of cycles on a steel plate-clay interface using the GDS multi-function interface shear tester.Based on the experimental results,in monotonic shear tests,change of shear stress took place in the specimen,the shear stress rapidly reached the peak value at shear displacement of 1 mm,and then abruptly decreased to the residual value.In cyclic shear te sts,accumulated displacement was a better parameter to describe the soil degradation characteristics,and the degradation degree of shear stress became greater with the increasing of normal stress and accumulated displacement.Shear stress in post-cyclic monotonic shear tests did not generate a peak value and was lower than that in monotonic shear tests under the same normal stress.The soil was completely disturbed and reached the residual strength when the cumulative displacement approached 6 m.An empirical equation to evaluate shear stress degradation mechanism was formulated and the procedure of parameter identification was presented.

Frictional sliding of infilled planar granite fracture under oscillating normal stress

This paper investigates the frictional behavior of the infilled rock fracture under dynamic normal stress.A series of direct shear tests were conducted on saw-cut granite fractures infilled with quartz using a selfdeveloped dynamic shear apparatus,and the effects of normal load oscillation amplitude,normal load oscillation period and sliding velocity were studied.The test results reveal that the shear response can be divided into three stages over a whole loading-unloading process,characterized by different time spans and stress variations.Generally,a smaller oscillation amplitude,a longer oscillation period and a fast shear velocity promote the stability of the friction system,which is also confirmed by the Coulomb failure criterion calculated based on the observed periodic apparent friction coefficient.The dynamic strengthening/weakening phenomenon is dependent on the oscillation amplitude and product of sliding velocity and oscillation period(vT).Also,the rate and state friction law incorporating the parameter a that characterizes the normal stress variation is employed to describe the dynamic friction coefficient but exhibits an incompetent performance when handling intensive variation in normal stress.Finally,the potential seismicity induced by oscillating normal stress based on the observed stress drop is analyzed.This work helps us understand the sliding process and stability evolution of natural faults,and its benefits for relative hazard mitigation.

The Influence of Normal Load and Sliding Speed on Frictional Properties of Skin

The study of frictional properties of human skin is important for medical research, skin care products and textile exploi- tation. In order to investigate the influence of normal load and sliding speed on the frictional properties of skin and its possible mechanism, tests were carded out on a multi-specimen friction tester. When the normal load increases from 0.1 N to 0.9 N, normal displacement and the friction coefficient of skin increase. The friction coefficient is dependent on the load, indicating that both adhesion and deformation contribute to the friction behaviour. The deformation friction was interpreted using the plough model of friction. When sliding speed increases from 0.5 mm·s^-1 to 4 mm·s^-1, the friction coefficient increases and ＂stick-slip＂ phenomena increase, indicating that hysteretic friction contributes to the friction. The hysteretic friction was in- terpreted using schematic of energy translation during the rigid spherical probe sliding on the soft skin surface, which provides an explanation for the influence of the sliding speed on the frictional characteristics of the skin.

Frictional behavior of planar and rough granite fractures subjected to normal load oscillations of different amplitudes

The dynamic frictional behaviors of natural discontinuities(joints,fractures,faults)play an important role in geohazards assessment;however,the mechanisms of the dynamic fault weakening/strengthening are still unclear.In this paper,a dynamic shear box was used to perform direct shear tests on saw-cut(planar)and natural(rough)granite fractures,with different normal load oscillation amplitudes.Based on the recorded shear forces and normal displacements,the shear forces,apparent friction coefficients and normal displacements are found to change periodically with oscillated normal loads and are characterized by a series of time shifts.The observed changing patterns are similar for the rough and planar fractures.Compared with the test data under constant normal load(CNL),small/large normal load oscillation amplitude enhances/reduces the peak shear strength,with a critical point.The magnitude of critical normal load oscillation for the rough fractures is smaller than the planer fractures.The results imply that dynamic fault weakening/strengthening can be achieved by both normal load oscillation amplitudes and slip surface topography.The rough fractures with larger normal oscillation amplitude can easily cause frictional weakening under stress disturbance.

Microscratch of copper by a Rockwell C diamond indenter under a constant load

The scratch test is used for quality control mostly in phenomenological ways,and whether fracture toughness can be obtained from this test is still a matter of debate requiring further elucidation.In this paper,values of the fracture toughness of copper obtained by different scratch-based approaches are compared in order to examine the applicability of scratch-based methodologies to characterize the fracture toughness of soft metals.The scratch response of copper to a Rockwell C diamond indenter is studied under a constant normal load condition.The variations of penetration depth,residual depth,and residual scratch width with applied normal load are quantified from spherical to sphero-conical contact regimes by piecewise functions.A newly proposed size effect law is found to be the most suitable for scratch-based approaches to characterizing the fracture toughness of soft metallic materials with significant plasticity.A simple expression relating the nominal stress to the penetration depth is proposed for the spherical contact regime and gives almost the same value of fracture toughness.The residual scratch width provides useful information on pile-up of material and on the spherical tip radius of the indenter.It is found that the values of the fracture toughness obtained from the microscratch test are influenced by the data range for analysis.

Effects of kinetic profiles on neutron wall loading distribution in CFETR

The China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor（CFETR） is under design, which aims to bridge the gaps between ITER and the future fusion power plant. The neutron wall loading（NWL） depends on the neutron source distribution, which depends on the density and temperature profiles. In this paper, we calculate the NWL of CFETR and study the effects of density and temperature profiles on the NWL distribution along the first wall. Our calculations show that for a 200 MW fusion power, the maximum NWL is at the outer midplane and the vaule is about 0.4 MW m^-2. The density and temperature profiles have little effect on the NWL distribution. The value of NWL is determined by the total fusion power.

Influence of Normal Load,Sliding Speed and Ambient Temperature on Wear Resistance of ZG42CrMo

To investigate the wear resistance of ZG42CrMo in industrial application,the wear behaviors under different normal loads,sliding speeds and ambient temperatures were simulated by an MMU-5G abrasion tester to acquire the friction coefficients and wear rates,with the morphology of worn surface observed by scanning electron microscopy（SEM） and chemical composition of worn surface and debris analyzed by X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy（EDS）.Combine with the theory of tribology,finally the regular of environmental factors’ influence on material wear behaviors is determined.The results show that the increase of load decreases wear resistance significantly,when the pressure reaches a certain extent,severe spalling occurs on the worn surface;the changes of speed result in the changes of size of abrasive debris,and then effect the wear behaviors,in the increasing process of speed,the wear rate increases firstly and then decreases;the rise of temperature causes changes in wear mechanism,bring forth oxidation film on the worn surface,which leads to significant improvement of the wear resistance of materials under high temperature compared to that under low temperature

Electrochemically-stimulated nanoscale mechanochemical wear of silicon

Mechanochemical reactions at the sliding interface between a single-crystalline silicon(Si)wafer and a silica(SiO2)microsphere were studied in three environmental conditions:humid air,potassium chloride(KCl)solution,and KCl solution with an applied voltage.Compared to that from humid air,mechanochemical material removal from the silicon surface increased substantially in the KCl-immersed condition,and further increased when electrochemistry was introduced into the tribological system.By measuring the load dependence of the material removal rate and analyzing the results using a mechanically assisted Arrhenius-type kinetic model,the activation energy(E_(a))and the mechanical energy(E_(m)),by which this energy is reduced by mechanical activation,were compared qualitatively under different environmental conditions.In the KCl-immersed condition,mechanochemistry may decrease the required effective energy of reactions(E_(eff)=E_(a)−E_(m))and promote material removal mainly through improved catalysis of the mechanochemical reactions facilitated by greater availability of water molecules compared to the humid air condition.Thus,the effectiveness of the mechanochemistry is improved.In the electrochemical condition,electrochemically-accelerated oxidation of the silicon surface was confirmed by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)characterization.The results strongly suggest that electrochemistry further stimulates mechanochemical reactions primarily by increasing the initial energy state of the surface via the facilitated formation of interfacial bonding bridges,i.e.,a surface oxidation/hydroxylation process.

An advanced efficient model for adhesive wear in elastic-plastic spherical contact

A finite element(FE)model combining submodel technique is presented for the adhesive wear in elastic–plastic spherical contact.It consists of a global model,showing the potential location of fracture under combined normal and tangential loading,and a refined mesh submodel covering only the region near the potential fracture.This allows to describe the morphology of wear particle more accurately than that in a previously developed model by the authors.A range of normal loading is studied to show its effect on the shape and volume of wear particles.Two main regimes of mild and severe wear(along with a relatively narrow transition region between them)are found,which show almost linear and power-law dependency of wear rate on normal loading,respectively.Such behavior agrees with published experimental observations.However,the transition region is theoretically predicted here for the first time.

Nano friction behaviour between magnetic materials and copper considering the inter-diffusion effect

Copper,permalloy,cobalt,and silicon are the materials that have been widely utilised in magnetic devices.When the size of interest is down to the nanoscale,the inter-diffusion between certain materials becomes influential.This paper studies the nanoscale friction characteristics between frictional pairs with and without inter-diffusion properties through the atomic force microscope.The distinct evolution features of nanoscale friction force when inter-diffusion is involved are discovered experimentally,which is also confirmed through theoretical analysis.Firstly,through the thin film deposition method,four pairs of contact materials(Cu–Ni_(81)Fe_(19),Si–Ni_(81)Fe_(19),Cu–Co,Cu–Si)are designed for friction tests,in which diffusion occurs at the interface of Cu–Ni_(81)Fe_(19)pair.Then,the effects of sliding velocity and loading force on the nano friction of each pair are measured.It is found that regardless of the diffusion phenomenon:(1)the adhesion force values exhibit a notable correlation to the values of the friction force;(2)the friction force in all four material pairs consistently increases with the growth of the normal loading force,although the growth rate may differ.In terms of the sliding velocity effect,the friction forces of immiscible materials(Si–Ni_(81)Fe_(19),Cu–Co,and Cu–Si)are found to increase with the increasing sliding velocity.However,the friction force of Cu–Ni_(81)Fe_(19),decreases with the increasing sliding velocity.Furthermore,a compositive friction model considering both the velocity and the normal force effect was proposed,which shows good agreement with the experimental results and explains the nano friction behaviour of both miscible and immiscible metals.