scholarly journals Particle Flow Simulation of Failure Characteristics of Deep Rock Influenced by Sample Height-to-Width Ratios and Initial Stress Level under True-Triaxial Unloading

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Haoyu Rong ◽  
Guichen Li ◽  
Jiahui Xu ◽  
Ruiyang Bi ◽  
Yuantian Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Initial Stress ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Movement Speed ◽  
True Triaxial ◽  
Sample Height ◽  
Splitting Failure ◽  
Deep Rock

The micromechanism of the effects of different height/width ratios (H/W) and initial stress levels on unloading characteristics of deep rock was investigated based on PFC3D true-triaxial unloading simulation. The results show that the increase of H/W will increase the movement speed of rock particles and intensify the acoustic emission (AE) activity inside the rock. With the increase of H/W, the failure mode of rock changes from splitting failure to tensile-shear failure. With increasing initial stress level, the particle velocity and overall fragmentation degree of rock increase. However, the increase of lateral stress will limit the coalescence of microfractures and weaken AE activity in the rock. Under unloading condition, the bonds between particles generally crack along the unloading direction, and the tensile effect is more pronounced under the condition of low initial stress level and high H/W. Under unloading condition, the variable energy of rock increases with increasing H/W and initial stress level, and the kinetic energy of rock particles increases with increasing H/W. The increase of initial stress level will increase the kinetic energy of rock particles when H/W is high.

scholarly journals Stress Relaxation Aging Behavior and Constitutive Modelling of AA7150-T7751 under Different Temperatures, Initial Stress Levels and Pre-Strains

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixian Cai ◽  
Lihua Zhan ◽  
Yongqian Xu ◽  
Chunhui Liu ◽  
Jianguang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Stress Relaxation ◽  
Initial Stress ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Relaxation Behavior ◽  
Average Error ◽  
Aging Behavior ◽  
Stress Relaxation Behavior ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Different Temperatures

Age forming is an advanced manufacture technology for forming large aluminum panels. Temperature, initial stress level and pre-strains have a great effect on the formability and performance. The stress relaxation aging behavior of AA7150-T7751 under different temperatures, initial stress levels and pre-strains was studied through stress relaxation tests, tensile tests and TEM observations. The results show that the formability can be improved with the increase of temperature, initial stress levels and pre-strains. Deformation mechanisms during stress relaxation of the material were analyzed on the basis of creep stress exponent and apparent activation energy. The aging precipitates of the studied alloy were not sensitive to the age forming conditions, but drastically coarsened at over aging temperature, which decreased the mechanical properties. In addition, the relationship between stress relaxation behavior and aging strengthening is discussed. Based on the dislocation theory and the modified Arrhenius equation, a stress relaxation constitutive equation considering the initial mobile dislocation density and temperature dependent activation energy was established. This model can predict very well the stress relaxation behavior under various temperature, stress level and pre-strain conditions, with an average error of 2%.

Size Effect of Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Limestone

2012 ◽  
Vol 229-231 ◽  
pp. 233-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ze Hui Chen ◽  
Chang Wu Liu ◽  
Ji Wei Deng
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Size Effect ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Peak Strain ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
Splitting Failure ◽  
Uniaxial Compressive Test

Using the MTS testing machine, the uniaxial compressive test of varisized da-qing limestones were undertaken, and the effect of dimensions about compressive strength, peak strain, elastic modulus and destructional forms of rock specimens were studied. It demonstrates that along with the increase of length-diameter ratio, peak strain and compressive strength turn smaller, elastic modulus gradually increases, the destruction of rock samples have a transformation from splitting failure to shear failure. Combined with the test results, Obert L model and Yang Shengqi model, the two size-effect models with extensive applications are analyzed and contrasted. And the conclusion is drawn that Obert L model has a relatively broad applicability, while Yang Shengqi model has a stronger Targeting and higher accuracy. Thus based on the Yang Shengqi model, the size-effect model of da-qing limestone is put forward, and the result indicates that this model corresponds well with the test results, having certain practical value.

scholarly journals The suction,yield and strength characteristics of unsaturated intact loess based on true tri-axial tests

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinjin Fang
Keyword(s):  
Principal Stress ◽  
Stress Ratio ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Intermediate Principal Stress ◽  
True Triaxial ◽  
Yield Stress Increase ◽  
Isotropic Consolidation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intact Loess

To simulate the failure of loess under undrained condition in the actual engineering,a series of isotropic consolidation and shear tests with different intermediate principal stress ratio b under constant water content were performed on intact loess with various initial suctions using the true tri-axial apparatus for unsaturated soil. The relationship between the saturations and initial suctions,the characteristics of yield,suction and strength of unsaturated intact loess were studied. The results show that the initial suctions and the suctions after the isotropic consolidation decrease with the increase of saturations. The suctions increase with the increase of the intermediate principal stress ratio b at the true triaxial shear failure. The net mean yield stress increase with the increase of the initial suction. The yield suction is a constant,but not always equal to the maximum suction that the soil specimen experienced in the history. The strength of soil increase with the increase of the net confining pressure,initial suction and the intermediate principal stress ratio b.

scholarly journals Investigations of Coal-Rock Parting-Coal Structure (CRCS) Slip and Instability by Excavation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Guang-Jian Liu ◽  
Heng Zhang ◽  
Ya-Wei Zhu ◽  
Wen-Hao Cao ◽  
Xian-Jun Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Failure ◽  
P Wave ◽  
Shear Behaviour ◽  
Failure Zone ◽  
Stick Slip ◽  
Coal Structure ◽  
P Wave Velocity ◽  
Splitting Failure ◽  
Shear And Tensile Cracks ◽  
Coal Rock

Slip and instability of coal-rock parting-coal structure (CRCS) subjected to excavation disturbance can easily induce coal-rock dynamic phenomena in deep coal mines. In this paper, the failure characteristics and influencing factors of CRCS slip and instability were investigated by theoretical analysis, numerical simulations, and field observations. The following main results are addressed: (1) the slip and instability of CRCS induced by excavation are due to stress release, and the damage of the rock parting is partitioned into three parts: shear failure zone, slipping zone, and splitting failure zone from inside to outside with slip; (2) the slip and instability process of CRCS is accompanied by initiation, expansion, and intersection of shear and tensile cracks. The development of the cracks is dominated by shear behaviour, while the tensile crack is the main factor affecting fracture and instability of CRCS; and (3) slip and instability of CRCS are characterized by stick-slip first and then stable slip, accompanied with high P-wave velocity and rockburst danger coefficient based on microseismic tomography.

scholarly journals Experimental Study of Influence of Support Failures on Rockbursts under True-Triaxial Condition

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoshao Su ◽  
Tianbin Li ◽  
Jianqing Jiang ◽  
Guoqing Chen ◽  
Jinghai Mo
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
Test System ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Underground Engineering ◽  
True Triaxial ◽  
Static Failure ◽  
Rock Specimens

Supports can effectively reinforce the surrounding rock after excavation in underground engineering. However, a support failure may cause an extremely intense rockburst. Hence, the influences of support failures, including support forces, support failure timings, and support failure rates, on rockbursts were systematically investigated in the present study. Unloading tests on rock specimens, using a true-triaxial rockburst test system, were performed to simulate rockbursts induced by support failure. The experimental results indicate that increasing support forces increased the prepeak accumulated elastic strain energy, the kinetic energy of the ejection fragment, and the ratio between the kinetic energy and release strain energy, whereas the damage to the rock specimens declined. During the testing process, the longer it took to unload the minimum stresses was, which means that the later the support failed, the greater the prepeak accumulated elastic strain energy was, the kinetic energies of the ejection fragments were, and the ratio of the kinetic energy and release strain energy was. Furthermore, as the support failure rate incremented, the kinetic energies of the ejection fragments of the rockbursts linearly increased, the failure mode of the rock changed from static failure to dynamic rockbursts, and the intensities of the rockbursts increased.

Experimental and numerical study on crack propagation and coalescence in rock-like materials under compression

2021 ◽  
pp. 030932472098691
Author(s):  
Xiaojing Li ◽  
Yifan Bai ◽  
Xudong Chen ◽  
Xinning Zhao ◽  
Mingying Lv
Keyword(s):  
Shear Failure ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Tensile Failure ◽  
Wing Crack ◽  
Splitting Failure ◽  
Single Cross ◽  
Initiation Sequence ◽  
Double Cross

The discontinuous crack surface in a rock affects the stability of the whole rock system. The experiments in this paper were carried out by prefabricating rock-like specimens with different types of flaws, then the specimens were tested under uniaxial compression. Moreover, based on the theory of particle flow, PFC2D software was used for numerical simulation, and the comparative analysis of the experimental and simulative results was carried out to obtain the crack initiation sequence, propagation phenomenon, and failure mode of rock specimens with different flaw types. The results indicated that the wing crack started at the tip of flaw and the form of crack assumed split failure, followed by shear failure caused by the secondary crack. The tensile failure degree decreases and the influence of shear failure increases with the increase of flaw angle. The wing crack and secondary initiation stress value is 35%–55% and 85%–95% of the peak stress value. Crack coalescence appeared in adjacent flaws of rock-like specimens with multiple parallel single flaws, single-cross flaws and double-cross flaws, and the coalescence phenomenon always occurs when the stress peak value is reached. With the number of flaws increasing, the splitting failure of rock-like specimens became more and more serious, the splitting failure of double cross-flaw specimen is the most serious. As for the specimen with single-cross flaw, the wing crack would be produced at the tip of the flaw with larger obliquity. The results of this paper may offer certain reference value for the study on the mechanism of rock crack.

scholarly journals Analysis of Raised Feature Failures on 3D Printed Injection Moulds

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1541
Author(s):  
Anurag Bagalkot ◽  
Dirk Pons ◽  
Digby Symons ◽  
Don Clucas
Keyword(s):  
Tool Life ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Tool Material ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Temperature Fields ◽  
Cost Effective Method ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Shear Failures ◽  
Injection Pressures

Background: Polymer-based 3D Printed Injection Mould (3DIM) inserts are used as a cost-effective method for low volume injection moulding (50–500 parts). However, abrupt failure leading to a short tool life is a common shortcoming of 3DIM. Need: The underlying causes of raised feature failures on 3DIM are not well known. Failure is commonly attributed to bending or shearing of raised features on the tool. Understanding the causes may help in delaying the failure and increasing tool life. Approach: Tool failure was analysed from a first-principles perspective, using pressure and temperature fields as determined by mould flow simulation. Experimental results were also obtained for two types of tool material (Visijet M3-X and Digital ABS) with polycarbonate (Lexan 943A) as the part material. Findings: Results find against the idea that pin failure in 3DIM tools is caused by bending and shear failures induced by injection pressures. We also conclude that failure of raised features is not necessarily an abrupt failure as mentioned in the literature. Originality: The generally accepted explanation for the failure of raised features in 3DIM tooling is that injection pressures cause bending and shear failure. This paper disconfirms this notion on theoretical and experimental grounds.

Discussions on Zonal Disintegration around Tunnel in Deep Rock Mass

2012 ◽  
Vol 594-597 ◽  
pp. 2285-2289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Jia ◽  
Tian Hong Yang ◽  
Chun Ming Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Laboratory Test ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Hydrostatic Stress ◽  
Axial Stress ◽  
Numerical Code ◽  
Zonal Disintegration ◽  
Heterogeneous Rock ◽  
Deep Rock ◽  
Adjacent Fractures

Questions related to zonal disintegration such as difference between results from laboratory test and field monitoring test, as well as the effect of multi-axial stress level on zonal disintegration were discussed through numerical modeling by using a 3D numerical code called RFPA3D. Results show that the much smaller fracture spacing captured by laboratory test on zonal disintegration is due to the heterogeneity extent of the tested material. Zonal disintegration is an inherent character of heterogeneous rock mass, the more the heterogeneous the rock is, the larger the spacing between the adjacent fractures will be. The configuration of zonal disintegration is influenced by combination of stress level in three directions. Intact fracture rings can not be formed unless a nearly hydrostatic stress state exists in directions perpendicular to tunnel axis.

scholarly journals Experimental Study on the Short-Term Uniaxial Creep Characteristics of Sandstone-Coal Composite Samples

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1398
Author(s):  
Dawei Yin ◽  
Feng Wang ◽  
Jicheng Zhang ◽  
Faxin Li ◽  
Chun Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Creep Strain ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Creep Strength ◽  
Creep Deformation ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Composite Sample ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Creep Failure ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Composite Samples

In this investigation, the uniaxial short-term creep tests with multi-step loading were conducted on the sandstone-coal composite samples, and the characteristics of creep strength, creep deformation, acoustic emission (AE), and creep failure of composite samples were studied, respectively. The creep strength of the composite sample decreased with the stress-level duration, which was mainly determined by the coal and influenced by the interactions with the sandstone. The creep deformation and damage of sandstone weakened the deformation and damage accumulation within the coal, resulting in the larger strength for the composite sample compared with the pure coal sample. The axial creep strain of composite sample generally increased with the stress-level or the stress-level duration under same conditions. The AE characteristics of composite sample were related to the creep strain rate, the stress level, the stress level duration, and the local failure or fracture during creep loading. The micro or macro failure and fracture within the composite sample caused the rise in the axial creep strains and the frequency and intensity of AE signals, especially the macro failure and fracture. The creep failures of composite samples mainly occurred within the coal with the splitting ejection failure accompanied by the local shear failure, and no obvious failures were found within the sandstone. The coal in the composite sample became more broken with the stress-level duration.

scholarly journals A Study on the Mechanical Properties and Bursting Liability of Coal-Rock Composites with Seam Partings

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Dong Xu ◽  
Mingshi Gao ◽  
Yongliang He ◽  
Xin Yu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Efficient Production ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Linear Elastic ◽  
Splitting Failure ◽  
Coal Rock ◽  
The Stability

Geological tectonic movements, as well as complex and varying coal-forming conditions, have led to the formation of rock partings in most coal seams. Consequently, the coal in coal-rock composites is characterised by different mechanical properties than those of pure coal. Uniaxial compression tests were performed in this study to determine the mechanical properties and bursting liability of specimens of coal-rock composites (hereinafter referred to as “composites”) with rock partings with different dip angles θ and thicknesses D. The results showed that as θ increased, the failure mode of the composite changed from tensile and splitting failure to slip and shear failure, which was accompanied by a decrease in the brittleness of the composite and an increase in its ductility as well as a decrease in the extent of fragmentation of the coal in the composite. Additionally, as θ increased, the uniaxial compressive strength σu, elastic modulus E, and bursting energy index Ke of the composite decreased. The rock parting in the composite was the key area in which elastic energy accumulated. As D increased, σu, E, and Ke of the composite increased. In addition, as D increased, the ductility of the composite decreased, and the brittleness and extent of coal fragmentation in the composite increased. Notably, the curve for the cumulative acoustic emission (AE) counts of the composite corresponding to the stress-strain curve could be divided into four regimes: pore compaction and closure, a slowly ascending linear elastic section, prepeak steady crack propagation, and peak unsteady crack propagation. The experimental results were used to propose two technologies for controlling the stability of coal-rock composites to effectively ensure safe and efficient production at working faces.

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