Experimental investigation on strength and failure behavior of pre-cracked marble under conventional triaxial compression

Fractures in natural rocks have an important effect on the strength and failure behavior of rock mass, which are often evaluated in rock engineering practice. The theoretical evaluation of mechanical behavior of fractured rock mass has no satisfactory answer due to the role of confining pressure and crack geometry. Therefore, in this paper, conventional triaxial compression experiments were carried out to study the strength and failure behavior of marble samples with two pre-existing closed cracks in non-overlapping geometry. Based on the experimental results of a number of triaxial compression tests, the effect of crack coalescence on the axial supporting capacity and deformation property were investigated with different confining pressures. The results show that intact samples and flawed samples (marble with pre-existing cracks) have different deformation properties after peak stress, which change from brittleness to plasticity and ductility with the increase of confining pressure. The peak strength and failure mode are found depending not only on the geometry of flaw, but also on the confining pressure. The strength of flawed samples shows distinct non-linear behavior, which is in a better agreement with non-linear Hoek–Brown criterion than linear Mohr–Coulomb criterion. For a kind of rock that has been evaluated as a Hoek–Brown material, a new evaluation criterion is put forward by adopting optimal approximation polynomial theory, which can be used to confirm more precisely the strength parameters (cohesion and internal friction angle) of flawed samples. For intact samples, the marble leads to typical shear failure mode with a single fracture surface under different confining pressures, while for flawed samples, under uniaxial compression and a lower confining pressure (σ₃ = 10 MPa), tests for coarse and medium marble (the coarse and medium refer to the grain size) exhibit three basic failure modes, i.e., tensile mode, shear mode, and mixed mode (tensile and shear). Shear mode is associated with lower strength behavior. However, under higher confining pressures (σ₃ = 30 MPa), for coarse marble, the axial supporting capacity is not related to the geometry of flaw. The friction among crystal grains determines the strength behavior of coarse marble. For medium marble, the failure mode and deformation behavior are dependent on the crack coalescence in the sample. The present research provides increased understanding of the fundamental nature of rock failure under conventional triaxial compression.     

Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Behavior of Coarse Marble Under Six Different Loading Paths

A series of triaxial compression experiments were preformed for the coarse marble samples under different loading paths by the rock mechanics servo-controlled testing system. Based on the experimental results of complete stress-strain curves, the influence of loading path on the strength and deformation failure behavior of coarse marble is made a detailed analysis. Three loading paths (Paths I–III) are put forward to confirm the strength parameters (cohesion and internal friction angle) of coarse marble in accordance with linear Mohr-Coulomb criterion. Compared among the strength parameters, two loading paths (i.e. Path II by stepping up the confining pressure and Path III by reducing the confining pressure after peak strength) are suggested to confirm the triaxial strengths of rock under different confining pressures by only one sample, which is very applicable for a kind of rock that has obvious plastic and ductile deformation behavior (e.g. marble, chalk, mudstone, etc.). In order to investigate re-fracture mechanical behavior of rock material, three loading paths (Paths IV–VI) are also put forward for flawed coarse marble. The peak strength and deformation failure mode of flawed coarse marble are found depending on the loading paths (Paths IV–VI). Under lower confining pressures, the peak strength and Young’s modulus of damage sample (compressed until post-peak stress under higher confining pressure) are all lower compared with that of flawed sample; moreover mechanical parameter of damage sample is lower for the larger compressed post-peak plastic deformation of coarse marble. However under higher confining pressures (e.g. σ ₃?=?30 MPa), the axial supporting capacity and elastic modulus of damage coarse marble (compressed until post-peak stress under lower confining pressure) is not related to the loading path, while the deformation modulus and peak strain of damage sample depend on the difference of initial confining pressure and post-peak plastic deformation. The friction among crystal grains determines the strength behavior of flawed coarse marble under various loading paths. In the end, the effect of loading path on failure mode of intact and flawed coarse marble is also investigated. The present research provides increased understanding of the fundamental nature of rock failure under different loading paths.     

Loading rate and confining pressure effect on dilatancy,acoustic emission,and failure characteristics of fissured rock with two pre-existing flaws

Investigating the dilatancy, acoustic emission and failure characteristics of fissured rock are significant to ensure their geotechnical stability. In this paper, the uniaxial and triaxial compression experiments with AE monitoring under different loading rates were carried out on fissured rock specimens with the same geometrical distribution of two pre-existing flaws. The dilatancy and AE activity of these specimens were discussed, and the effects of the confining pressure and loading rate on the mechanical parameters and failure characteristics were analyzed. The results show that the exponential strength criterion is more suitable than the Mohr–Coulomb strength criterion to characterize the strength characteristics of fissured rock. The crack evolution and failure characteristics of fissured rock specimens are more complicated than those of intact rock specimens. The failure characteristics of the fissured rock follow the tensile shear coalescence model, crack branching occurs with increasing the loading rate, and the multi-section coalescence model is verified with increasing the confining pressure. The phenomena of stress drop and yield platform usually occur after the dilatancy onset, the specimen does not fail instantaneously, and the propagation and coalescence of cracks cause a sharp increase in the AE signals, circumferential strain, and volumetric strain.     

三种红层岩石常规三轴压缩下的强度与变形特性研究

利用MTS815Teststar程控伺服岩石力学试验系统研究了川东地区一红层边坡中的砂岩、粉砂岩和泥岩围压为0³MPa的应力-应变全过程曲线,建立了峰值强度、峰值强度前弹性模量以及峰值强度后的弹性模量和围压的关系。将低围压下红层的全应力-应变曲线概化成5个阶段,分别为压密段、弹性段、屈服段、应变软化段和塑性流动阶段。试验结果得出,红层弹性模量随围压的增加而提高且变化明显,砂岩和粉砂岩在此围压内为脆性破坏,泥岩为塑性破坏的规律。     

受三维静载压缩岩石对冲击能的吸收效应

为了研究深部地下资源开发过程中矿岩破裂的能耗效应,通过利用自行研制的岩石动静组合加载试验机,对细砂岩进行了2个系列的三维动静组合加载试验,即固定围压改变轴向静压和固定轴向静压改变围压的冲击试验。试验结果表明:在固定围压条件下,随着轴向静压增加,砂岩试件破坏所消耗的动载荷能量密度逐渐降低;当轴向静压在对应的常规三轴抗压强度的70%以上,消耗的动载荷能量密度变为负值（岩石试件释放能量）;轴向静压再进一步加大,负值逐渐接近0,但始终在0以下。在轴向静压不变且较小的条件下,随着围压增大,岩石试件破坏所消耗的动载荷能量密度值一直在增大;但当轴向静压较大且在对应的常规三轴抗压强度的70%以上时,岩石试件在受到动力扰动后失去原平衡,能够自行破坏,并释放多余的能量。     

ACOUSTIC EMISSION AND FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COAL ROCK SAMPLES UNDER TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION

为了研究煤样在不同围压下的声发射及分形特征,利用RMT-150C 型岩石力学伺服试验系统和CDAE-1 型声发射检测仪对煤样试样在不同围压（5MPa,10MPa,15MPa） 进行了实验研究. 对煤样试样的声发射计数和累计计数以及声发射序列的分形特征进行了对比研究. 研究结果表明：不同围压下煤样的声发射特性具有一定的差异性,围压越高前兆信息越明显. 不同围压下煤样都具有分形特征,随着围压的增大,分形特征有所增强. 煤样在失稳破坏过程中声发射序列的分形维值都会出现一个波动-上升-突降的过程,提出可以作为煤样体失稳破坏的前兆信息.     

化学腐蚀后砂岩三轴压缩力学特性及其能量机制的试验研究

为研究不同化学溶液对砂岩力学性质及能量特征的影响,采用不同的水化学溶液对砂岩试样进行腐蚀,利用WDT-1500多功能材料试验机对化学腐蚀后饱和状态与自然状态的试样进行常规三轴压缩试验。试验结果表明:化学腐蚀后砂岩试样的强度及其抗变形能力呈现不同程度的劣化;化学腐蚀后砂岩试样的峰值应变小于相同围压下自然状态试样的峰值应变,与单轴压缩条件下不同,这可能是由于围压和化学溶液共同作用的结果;砂岩试样的似软化系数与围压之间呈现负相关性,同时,其降低速率随着围压的增加而降低。砂岩试样峰值前吸收的能量绝大部分是以可释放弹性应变能Ue形式储存下来的,而化学腐蚀后砂岩试样以Ue形式储存下来的能量占其总吸收应变能的百分比却有所下降;同时,围压与试样的可释放应变能/应变能比值之间呈负相关性,而与耗散能/应变能比值存在正相关性;岩石脆性指标修正值呈现不同程度的增加,试样的脆性减弱延性增强,即塑性变形增加,塑性变形与耗散能之间具有很好的线性特征。溶液的pH值、浓度和化学成分对砂岩试样峰值处各部分应变能的影响显著。     

高围压条件下孔隙介质渗透特性试验研究

为研究不同围压条件下孔隙介质的渗透性能,利用新研制的高压渗流仪,对大尺寸低渗透性软弱岩进行了系统的试验测试。试验渗透压差波动幅度仅为0.02MPa,渗出端溶液体积变化量测试精度可达0.03mL。通过溶液体积变化与时间的线性关系,稳定渗流量大小可以精确测定。以稳定压差、流量法(即稳压法),试验验证了岩石的渗透系数随着围压的增加而下降,当围压降低时,岩石渗透系数回升,但回升路径低于原始路径。根据轴向应变的变化情况,提出了室内试验应力-渗流耦合过程中渗透性的变化主要是侧向压力使孔隙、喉道产生压缩变形所致。     

循环荷载下硅藻土应变和孔压特性

针对嵊州硅藻土的高结构性及地基应力场的复杂多变，应用GDS 动三轴仪进行不同围压和不同循环应力比下的不排水循环加载试验，分析应力-应变滞回曲线演化、应变累积特性、回弹特性及孔压特性．研究表明：循环应力比及围压对原状硅藻土应变和孔压的发展规律影响明显，随着循环应力比的增加，滞回曲线由线性状态转变为非线性状态，且逐渐向x 轴倾斜，累计应变和回弹应变都随着循环应力比的增加而略微增加，但总应变基本小于2 %；残余孔压比随循环应力比增大而增大，范围为0.1~0.5．并且存在一个临界循环应力比，其值随有效围压的增大而减小，范围为0.8~2.2，当循环应力比大于该值时，试样内部产生一个破裂面迅速发生破坏．在相同循环应力比下，试样的应变随着有效围压的增大而增大．     

Experimental investigation of jointed rock breaking under a disc cutter with different confining stresses

Extensive and detailed investigations have been made to better understand the rock-breaking mechanism of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) disc cutter, but the crack propagation and failure modes induced by the disc cutter when the confining stresses and joint characteristics vary have not been comprehensively investigated. To address this area of research, a triaxial testing machine (TRW-3000) is modified to investigate the effect of different confining stresses (0, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 MPa) on the rock breaking of different joint angles (0°, 30°, 60°, and 90°) induced by the disc cutter. In this series of tests, the crack propagation and failure modes of the intact and jointed rock with different confining stresses are analysed. During the experiments, four different types of failure modes have been observed. The failure mode is affected by the joint orientation at low confining stress. The existence of joints has no obvious effect on the failure mode when the confining stress increases to a certain extent.     

Erratum to: Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Behavior of Coarse Marble Under Six Different Loading Paths

A series of triaxial compression experiments were preformed for the coarse marble samples under different loading paths by the rock mechanics servo-controlled testing system. Based on the experimental results of complete stress-strain curves, the influence of loading path on the strength and deformation failure behavior of coarse marble is made a detailed analysis. Three loading paths (Paths I–III) are put forward to confirm the strength parameters (cohesion and internal friction angle) of coarse marble in accordance with linear Mohr-Coulomb criterion. Compared among the strength parameters, two loading paths (i.e. Path II by stepping up the confining pressure and Path III by reducing the confining pressure after peak strength) are suggested to confirm the triaxial strengths of rock under different confining pressures by only one sample, which is very applicable for a kind of rock that has obvious plastic and ductile deformation behavior (e.g. marble, chalk, mudstone, etc.). In order to investigate re-fracture mechanical behavior of rock material, three loading paths (Paths IV–VI) are also put forward for flawed coarse marble. The peak strength and deformation failure mode of flawed coarse marble are found depending on the loading paths (Paths IV–VI). Under lower confining pressures, the peak strength and Young’s modulus of damage sample (compressed until post-peak stress under higher confining pressure) are all lower compared with that of flawed sample; moreover mechanical parameter of damage sample is lower for the larger compressed post-peak plastic deformation of coarse marble. However under higher confining pressures (e.g. σ ₃ = 30 MPa), the axial supporting capacity and elastic modulus of damage coarse marble (compressed until post-peak stress under lower confining pressure) is not related to the loading path, while the deformation modulus and peak strain of damage sample depend on the difference of initial confining pressure and post-peak plastic deformation. The friction among crystal grains determines the strength behavior of flawed coarse marble under various loading paths. In the end, the effect of loading path on failure mode of intact and flawed coarse marble is also investigated. The present research provides increased understanding of the fundamental nature of rock failure under different loading paths.     

Yield criterion and elasto-plastic damage constitutive model for frozen sandy soil

A series of triaxial compression tests was carried out on a frozen sandy soil under confining pressures of 0–18 MPa at −6 °C. The experimental results indicate that, the strength of frozen sandy soil increases versus the increase in the confining pressures when σ₃ ? 3 MPa, but decreases when σ₃ > 3 MPa. This phenomenon is called the strengthening and weakening effects of confining pressures. A yield function, considering both effects, is proposed using the experimental method according to Drucker’s postulate, and the mathematical expression of the hardening parameter, which can describe the softening and hardening phenomenon, is provided. An elasto-plastic constitutive model for frozen sandy soil is developed. Based on the continuum damage theory, the cross anisotropic damage variables are deduced and their change regularities are investigated. Then the elasto-plastic damage constitutive model is proposed by introducing damage variables into elasto-plastic constitutive model. The validity of the model is verified by comparing its modeling results with experimental results obtained from triaxial tests. It is found that, this model can predict the deformation regularity of frozen soil exactly. It can simulate the stress–strain process under high confining pressures when pressure melting phenomena appear especially well.     

Fracture data and stress-strain behavior of rocks in triaxial compression

Test results are reported for a recently completed experimental research program on rocks subjected to triaxial compression. Sandstone, marble, granite and shale specimens were tested at confining pressures as high as 90,000 psi corresponding to mean stresses of up to 143,000 psi. Recognizing that the largest potential experimental error in such tests results from making strain and load measurements external to the vessel, special load and strain-measuring devices were designed and fabricated for use inside the pressure vessel. The specimens were carefully machined cylinders with length-to-diameter ratios of two and with diameters ranging from 4/16 in. to 1 in. The confining pressure was held constant during each run, but varied from 0 to 90,000 psi over the tests. Results are reported in the form of:

1. Stress-strain curves for individual specimens
2. Maximum shear stress at fracture vs. mean-stress curves for each rock type tested
3. Tabulation of results for 59 specimens

A number of tests were run on granite specimens which had been previously fractured. Results from these tests showed good agreement with tests on intact granite, providing the confining pressure was above 30,000 psi.     

三轴SHPB冲击作用下岩石破坏机理的研究

本文应用三轴SHPB高速冲击试验机对岩石试体进行三向应力状态（对试件施加围压2=3和冲击应力1）下的冲击试验,分析研究岩石的破坏机理。由试验结果对三轴状态下岩石的破坏类型进行分类,分析其内部受力状况;得出岩石动态破坏强度,画出动态三轴、动态单轴和静态单轴的破坏强度比较曲线。通过对破坏类型的分析,以最大剪应力条件建立岩石的破坏判据,建立三轴动态破坏强度、单轴动态破坏强度与围压的关系式。     

泥岩三轴蠕变实验研究

采用MTS伺服刚性压力实验机对高家梁煤矿泥岩进行了三轴蠕变实验研究,获得了泥岩在不同应力条件下的蠕变变形规律。实验表明围压对泥岩微观缺陷的发展有一定的限制作用。随着围压的增加,泥岩的三轴抗压强度和弹性模量均有所增加。在围压一定时:衰减蠕变量随轴压的增大而增大;衰减蠕变率随偏应力的增加而增大;稳态蠕变率随偏应力的增大而增大。在偏应力一定时,稳态蠕变率随围压的增大而减小。当围压大于4MPa后,围压的限制作用将明显减小。随着围压继续增大,稳态蠕变率变化并不明显。根据获得的实验数据,用回归法求出了H-K模型蠕变方程的参数。结果表明H-K模型能较好地模拟实验结果。在实际工程中可通过支护增加围压以提高围岩屈服强度,也可根据实际工程中泥岩蠕变的变化趋势确定合理的二次支护时间,避免流变破坏的发生。     

轴、侧向同卸荷下砂岩力学特性影响的试验研究

本文以实际岩体工程为背景,利用WDT-1500 仪器开展了轴向、侧向同时卸荷条件下砂岩的三轴试验. 结果表明:轴、侧向同卸荷这种卸荷路径下,砂岩试样破坏时并没有出现应力峰值,为了定义试样的破坏强度,将最大与最小主应力差随最小主应力的变化关系曲线上应力跌落的拐点处的应力值定义为破坏强度. 砂岩变形初始段发生应力跌落和轴向应变回弹,破坏前无明显的弹性和屈服阶段;试验的过程中,砂岩的侧向变形明显大于轴向变形,其体积应变一直处于膨胀状态;相对于砂岩的常规三轴试验结果,试样破坏时的强度在轴向、侧向同时卸荷条件下有所降低. 初始轴压和初始围压对试样的力学特征有十分显著的影响,但围压的卸荷速率却并不显著. 砂岩的破坏特征主要是以张-拉为主的混合张剪的破坏.      

基于Lemaitre原理改进砂岩蠕变损伤模型研究

以煤矿巷道围岩（砂岩）为研究对象,采用MTS815.02岩石力学试验系统,对流固耦合蠕变过程中孔隙水压力作用机制展开研究,以伯格斯模型为基础,基于Lemaitre原理建立改进的伯格斯非线性蠕变损伤模型,可以得到如下主要结论：当围压越大,岩石蠕变最后一级荷载作用持续时间越长,相对经历衰减蠕变和稳定蠕变时间越长;且由最终一级破坏蠕变变形值可知,孔隙水压较小时,蠕变变形量相对较大,此时围压增大提升了岩石延性特性,但是孔隙水压增大却削弱了围压作用,由于孔隙水压使得岩石力学性能劣化,因而减少了岩石在破坏时蠕变变形量;随后基于Lemaitre原理建立的伯格斯非线性损伤蠕变模型,可以较好地描述岩石的衰减蠕变、稳定蠕变与加速蠕变阶段;且试验曲线与拟合曲线吻合度高,验证了本文所建立损伤流变模型的合理性．     

Gas Permeability of Fractured Sandstone/Coal Samples under Variable Confining Pressure

Rock fractures transmit underground gas effectively once they have sufficient widths and interconnection. However, the fracture geometries needed for gas transport are strongly influenced by surrounding pressure conditions. In order to inspect and quantify the influence of surrounding pressure, we design and manufacture a set of gas flow apparatus that can be connected to the MTS815 material testing system, which provides loads and exhibits external pressures in the experiment. With the apparatus and MTS815, we test the fractured samples of sandstone and coal and obtain their relationship between permeability and external pressure. In particular, our permeability calculation based on collection of gas flux and pressure difference has involved the influence of non-Darcian flow. In addition, our study also includes a numerical simulation in the RFPA software platform to display the internal field changes of cracks. The results show that fracture permeability strongly depends on confining pressure, and a critical pressure probably occurs, about 1.5–2 MPa in our experiments, to split each of the permeability curves into two stages, a slow climb and an exponential rush. As a complement, the numerical simulation also demonstrates one more stage for the permeability curve, the post-rush steady fluctuation.     

Equilibrium of a pressurized plastic fluid in a wellbore crack

This paper investigates equilibrium of a pressurized plastic fluid invading a tensile wellbore crack in a linear elastic, permeable rock. The crack is initially filled by pore fluid at ambient pressure, that is immiscibly displaced by the plastic fluid invading from the wellbore. The plastic fluid comes to rest to form a “plug” within the elastically deformed crack when the limit equilibrium between the shear stresses generated at the fracture walls and the pressure drop between the wellbore wall and the crack tip is reached. The model assumes that the leak-off of the plastic fluid into the rock is negligible, while the displaced pore fluid in the crack tip region is freely exchanged with the surrounding permeable rock to maintain the ambient pressure level. When the crack length ? is small or large compared to the wellbore radius R, the problem reduces to that of a pressurized edge or Griffith’s crack, respectively, subjected to a uniform far-field confining stress. In these two end-member cases, the normalized solution for the net pressure distribution, the plug length, and the stress intensity factor at the crack tip is obtained as a function of two numbers – the normalized net fluid pressure at the crack inlet and at the crack tip (partial plugs only) – that embody the solution’s dependence on the wellbore and the far field loading, the fluid yield strength, and the rock modulus. In the general case of an intermediate crack length (? ～ R), the normalized solution is a function of two additional parameters, the length-to-radius ratio and a normalized measure of the far field stress anisotropy, respectively, which accurate approximation is devised from an end-member solution using a rescaling argument. The equilibrium plug solutions are used to evaluate the breakdown pressure, the critical wellbore pressure at which the crack propagation condition is first met, and to analyze the stability of the ensuing crack propagation.     

砂岩峰后卸除围压过程的渗透性试验研究

为了探讨煤层开采引起的围岩卸除围压过程中砂岩渗透性的变化规律,本文用数控瞬态渗透法在电液伺服岩石力学试验系统MTS815.02上进行了砂岩试样的渗透特性试验。得出了试样峰前渗透系数-应变与应力-应变的关系曲线,以及在峰后保持轴向应变一定卸除围压过程中试样的渗透系数-围压与主应力差-围压的关系曲线;对试验砂岩在变形破坏过程中渗透性变化规律进行了总结,重点分析了其峰后卸除围压过程中渗透性的变化规律;并对试验砂岩峰后渗透系数与有效围压关系进行了拟合,得出了拟合方程式,为煤层开采引起的围岩体应力场与渗流场耦合问题提供参考。