scholarly journals Analytical and Modelling Study on the Spatial Stress Distribution and Failure Process of Disc Specimen in the Brazilian Splitting Test

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Wei-yao Guo ◽  
Zhi-qi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Failure Process ◽  
Spatial Effect ◽  
Diameter Ratio ◽  
Disc Specimen ◽  
Radial Bearing ◽  
Splitting Test ◽  
Brazilian Splitting ◽  
Spatial Stress

To correctly obtain the spatial stress distribution and failure process of disc specimen in the Brazilian splitting test, an analytical solution of three-dimensional stress is deduced. Then, the effects of height-diameter ratio and clamp radian on the spatial stress distribution and failure process are analyzed and studied combined with numerical modelling. At last, the influence of spatial effect on the tensile strength of disc specimen is discussed. The results show that the cracks firstly generate at the two ends of the specimen in the axial direction and then extend due to the nonuniform distribution of tensile stress. The macrocracks coalescence does not mean the capacity loss of radial bearing. The maximum radial bearing capacity of the disc specimen decreases with the increase of height-diameter ratio due to the spatial effect. The tensile strength obtained by the two-dimensional calculation formula is significantly smaller. Therefore, when the commonly-used height-diameter ratio of 0.5 is used in the Brazilian splitting test, a correction factor k = 1.15 − 1.25 is suggested.

scholarly journals Study on Mechanical Features of Brazilian Splitting Fatigue Tests of Salt Rock

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weichao Wang ◽  
Mengmeng Wang ◽  
Xiliang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Splitting Method ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Test Machine ◽  
Salt Rock ◽  
Tablet Splitting ◽  
Splitting Test ◽  
Fracturing Process ◽  
Brazilian Splitting

The microtest, SEM, was carried out to study the fracture surface of salt rock after the Brazilian splitting test and splitting fatigue test were carried out with a servo-controlled test machine RMT-150B. The results indicate that the deviation of using the tablet splitting method is larger than that of using steel wire splitting method, in Brazilian splitting test of salt rock, when the conventional data processing method is adopted. There are similar deformation features in both the conventional splitting tests and uniaxial compression tests. The stress-strain curves include compaction, elasticity, yielding, and failure stage. Both the vertical deformation and horizontal deformation of splitting fatigue tests under constant average loading can be divided into three stages of “loosening-tightness-loosening.” The failure modes of splitting fatigue tests under the variational average loading are not controlled by the fracturing process curve of the conventional splitting tests. The deformation extent of fatigue tests under variational average loading is even greater than that of conventional splitting test. The tensile strength of salt rock has a relationship with crystallization conditions. Tensile strength of thick crystal salt rock is lower than the bonded strength of fine-grain crystals.

scholarly journals Macro/Microtesting and Damage and Degradation of Sandstones under Dry-Wet Cycles

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinrong Liu ◽  
Zijuan Wang ◽  
Yan Fu ◽  
Wen Yuan ◽  
Luli Miao
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Spiral Ct ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile ◽  
Ct Number ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile Strength ◽  
The Three Gorges ◽  
Splitting Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Brazilian Splitting

In terms of the degradation of mechanical parameters of rock mass in the hydrofluctuation belt of a reservoir bank slope arising from rainfall and the reservoir level fluctuation, the moderately weathered sandstone in a side slope of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region is selected as a research object to carry out “drying-saturation-drying” tests for disks with two thicknesses (h=25 mm,h=50 mm) in different cycles; a spiral CT machine, an ultrasonic velocity meter, and a light Schmidt hammer are utilzed to conduct nondestructive testing on dry-wet cycles; through the Brazilian splitting test, the uniaxial tensile strength of “dry” and “saturated” sandstones under different dry-wet cycles is obtained. The research shows that, with the increase of the dry-wet circles (n), the longitudinal wave velocity and the rebound strength of sandstones are linearly decreased withn; the uniaxial tensile strength of sandstones and the mean CT number of cross sections are logarithmically decreased withn; the fitting equation of macro/micromechanical parameters and dry-wet cycles (n) of sandstones is raised, which is provided as a reference basis for the weathering process of sandstones under dry-wet cycles.

scholarly journals Deviation Effect of Coaxiality on the Rock Brazilian Split

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenghui Zhao ◽  
Mingzhong Zhang ◽  
Qing Ma ◽  
Baosen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Numerical Calculation ◽  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Rock Fracture ◽  
Splitting Method ◽  
Maximum Tensile Stress ◽  
Analytic Solutions ◽  
Calculation Error ◽  
Splitting Test ◽  
Variable Function

Tension failure is one of the main forms of instability in geotechnical engineering. Aiming at the calculation error caused by the loading direction deviation of the Brazilian disc splitting method, a mechanical model of a disc under chord loading was constructed firstly. Based on the theory of complex variable function, the analytic solutions of stresses in a circular disc were deduced, and the calculation error of the tensile strength under chord loading was characterized by defining the error impact rate. And the stress distribution of a disc and the law of rock fracture under chord loading were detailed analyzed through numerical calculation. Through numerical calculation, the stress distribution of the disc and rock failure law under chordwise loading are discussed in detail. The results show that the stress concentration near the loading point is stronger under the chordwise loading comparing with the radial loading, which makes the disc more vulnerable to produce compression failure near the loading point. The disc exhibits a maximum tensile stress and a minimum compressive stress at the intersection of the loaded string and the horizontal diameter, so that tensile rupture damage is likely to occur here. With the increase of deviation angle, the tensile strength measured by the Brazilian splitting test decreases gradually, and the influence rate of error increases significantly. The proposed analytical solution under chord loading provides theoretical guiding significance for nonradial splitting failure of a disc.

Influence of Different Loading Modes on Rock Tensile Strength

2007 ◽  
Vol 353-358 ◽  
pp. 2553-2556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru Wang ◽  
Chun An Tang ◽  
Shu Hong Wang ◽  
Zhi Yuan Wang ◽  
Tian Hui Ma
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Failure Process ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Loading Mode ◽  
Splitting Test ◽  
Stress States ◽  
Loading Modes ◽  
Direct Tensile ◽  
Direct Tensile Test

A typical mechanical character of rock is that the tensile strength is far less than the compressive strength. Meanwhile, the test data of tensile strength is very dispersive. Because the direct tensile tests always result in failure due to the difficulty in clamping the rock sample, the splitting test is used to determine the tensile strength of rock. There are four kinds of loading modes in the splitting test in actual laboratory test: angle pad splitting, round pad splitting, aclinic loading platen splitting, arc loading platen splitting. In this paper, the direct tensile test, the splitting test and the influence of different loading modes on rock tensile strength were studied. In order to study the stress distribution, the progressive splitting failure process was numerically modeled under the four kinds of loading cases by the Realistic Failure Process Analysis code (RFPA2D). Results show that the stress states under angle pad splitting, round pad splitting are similar to the stress states under diametrical compressive state. Regarding that the round pad splitting test is easy to implement, and its numerical results are also stable relatively, the round pad loading mode was suggested to be adopted.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of Rock Failure Process with a 3D Grain-Based Rock Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zengwei Zhang ◽  
Fan Chen ◽  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Tuo Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Mechanical Characteristics ◽  
Failure Process ◽  
Wellbore Stability ◽  
Rock Excavation ◽  
Rock Failure Process ◽  
Rock Model ◽  
Walled Cylinder

A grain-based rock model was developed and applied to study mechanical characteristics and failure micromechanics in thick-walled cylinder and wellbore stability tests. The rock is represented as an assembly of tetrahedral blocks with bonded contacts. Material heterogeneity is modeled by varying the tensile strength at the block contacts. This grain-based rock model differs from previous disk/sphere particle-based rock models in its ability to represent a zero (or very low) initial porosity condition, as well as highly interlocked irregular block shapes that provide resistance to movement even after contact breakage. As a result, this model can reach higher uniaxial compressive strength to tensile strength ratios and larger friction coefficients than the disk/sphere particle-based rock model. The model captured the rock fragmentation process near the wellbore due to buckling and spalling. Thin fragments of rock similar to onion skins were produced, as observed in laboratory breakout experiments. The results suggest that this approach may be well suited to study the rock disaggregation process and other geomechanical problems in the rock excavation.

Numerical Simulation on Failure Patterns of Rock Discs and Rings Subject to Diametral Line Loads

2004 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 1517-1522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Cheng Zhu ◽  
K.T. Chau ◽  
Chun An Tang
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Failure Process ◽  
Brazilian Test ◽  
Rock Failure ◽  
Numerical Code ◽  
Failure Patterns ◽  
Rock Failure Process ◽  
Indirect Tensile

Brazilian test is a standardized test for measuring indirect tensile strength of rock and concrete disc (or cylinder). Similar test called indirect tensile test has also been used for other geomaterials. Although splitting of the disc into two halves is the expected failure mode, other rupture modes had also been observed. More importantly, the splitting tensile strength of rock can vary significantly with the specimen geometry and loading condition. In this study, a numerical code called RFPA2D (abbreviated from Rock Failure Process Analysis) is used to simulate the failure process of disc and ring specimens subject to Brazilian test. The failure patterns and splitting tensile strengths of specimens with different size and loading-strip-width are simulated and compared with existing experimental results. In addition, two distinct failure patterns observed in ring tests have been simulated using RFPA2D and thus this verifies the applicability of RFPA2D in simulating rock failure process under static loads.

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