scholarly journals Microscopic Identification of Progressive Fracturing in Granite Under Triaxial and Uniaxial Stress Conditions from Bátaapáti Radwaste Repository

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferenc Deák ◽  
László Kovács ◽  
Péter Mucsi ◽  
Zoltán Máthé
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Volumetric Strain ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Final Disposal

The program for the final disposal of low and intermediate level radioactive waste was established by Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary. Preparation of final disposal has been done as part of a national program since 1993. The Central Nuclear Financial Fund and the Public Limited Company for Radioactive Waste Management (PURAM) have been established to coordinate organizations and activities for all tasks in connection, with nuclear waste treatment. The project was started with a geological screening in order to find the most suitable geological formation for a radioactive waste repository. The selected potential host rock is the Mórágy Granite Formation in the south-western part of Hungary, close to the village of Bátaapáti.This paper show and explain the results of an extensive study of the deformation and fracturing of Mórágy granite samples under uniaxial and triaxial loading conditions. In the investigation, the stress fracturing thresholds (crack initiation, crack coalescence and crack damage) were determined using stress–strain and stiffness curves without acoustic emission (AE) detection technique. Crack initiation was found to be best determined by the volumetric strain curve in both uniaxial and triaxial compression tests. As a detailed investigation, a comprehensive petrographical analysis using a petrological microscope was performed to identify the mode of cracking and the characterization of the cracking pattern.

scholarly journals The influence of particle breakage on stress-dilatancy relationship for granular soils

2019 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 09004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenon Szypcio
Keyword(s):  
Internal Energy ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Volumetric Strain ◽  
Stress Path ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Particle Breakage ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Particle Crushing ◽  
Soil Gradation

The influence of particle breakage on soil behaviour is important from theoretical and practical perspectives. Particle breakage changes the internal energy in two ways. First, internal energy is consumed for particle crushing and second, the internal energy changes because of additional volumetric strain caused by particle crushing. These two effects may be quantified by use of Frictional State Theory. The analysed drained triaxial compression tests of Toyoura sand, gravel and Dog's Bay sand at different stress level and stress path revealed that the effect of particle breakage is a function of soil gradation, strength of soil grains, stress level and stress path.

scholarly journals A Thermal Damage Constitutive Model for Oil Shale Based on Weibull Statistical Theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guijie Zhao ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Huan Yan
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Constitutive Model ◽  
Oil Shale ◽  
Thermal Damage ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Damage Constitutive Model

In this work, we first studied the thermal damage to typical rocks, assuming that the strength of thermally damaged rock microelements obeys a Weibull distribution and considering the influence of temperature on rock mechanical parameters; under the condition that microelement failure conforms to the Drucker–Prager criterion, the statistical thermal damage constitutive model of rocks after high-temperature exposure was established. On this basis, conventional triaxial compression tests were carried out on oil shale specimens heated to different temperatures, and according to the results of these tests, the relationship between the temperature and parameters in the statistical thermal damage constitutive model was determined, and the thermal damage constitutive model for oil shale was established. The results show that the thermal damage in oil shale increases with the increase of temperature; the damage variable is largest at 700°C, reaching 0.636; from room temperature to 700°C, the elastic modulus and Poisson’s ratio decrease by 62.66% and 64.57%, respectively; the theoretical stress-strain curve obtained from the model is in good agreement with the measured curves; the maximum difference between the two curves before peak strength is only 5 × 10−4; the model accurately reflects the deformation characteristics of oil shale at high temperature. The research results are of practical significance to the underground in situ thermal processing of oil shale.

Effect of ageing on stiffness of very loose sand

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Howie ◽  
T Shozen ◽  
Y P Vaid
Keyword(s):  
Soil Structure ◽  
Stress Ratio ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Volumetric Strain ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Stress Ratios ◽  
Creep Modulus ◽  
Triaxial Compression Tests

The paper presents the results of laboratory triaxial compression tests to study the stiffness of very loose Fraser River sands. The stiffness has been shown to be very dependent on the time of confinement prior to shearing and the stress ratio at which the sample is aged. Higher stress ratios resulted in very low initial moduli with no ageing, but the moduli increased by several hundred percent during the first 1000 min of ageing. For ageing at a stress ratio of 1.0 (i.e., isotropic ageing), the initial moduli were higher than those for ageing at high stress ratios, but the stiffness increased by only about 60% during the first 1000 min of ageing. The rate of stiffness increase was approximately linear with the logarithm of time up to ageing times of 10 000 min (>1 week). Ageing at any stress ratio resulted in reduced contractive volumetric strain during subsequent shearing, reflecting a change in soil structure during ageing. The dεv /dεa ratio under triaxial compression loading decreased as the ageing stress ratio increased. The results suggest that close attention must be paid to the age of laboratory samples prepared to study the stress–strain response of sands at strains up to about 0.1%, particularly in studies on loose sand.Key words: sands, ageing, creep, modulus.

Crack Initiation and Progressive Damage of Three Gorges Granite

2010 ◽  
Vol 146-147 ◽  
pp. 1227-1232
Author(s):  
Ze Qi Zhu ◽  
Qian Sheng ◽  
Yong Hui Zhang ◽  
Xian Lun Leng
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Elliptic Crack ◽  
Progressive Damage ◽  
Three Gorges ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Crack Initiation Stress ◽  
Stress Changes ◽  
Initiation Stress

Based on the uniaxial and triaxial compression tests of Three Gorges granites，the crack initiation stress under different confining pressures can be obtained by studying the crack strain curves. The results show that the crack initiation stress changes at the same extent with confining pressure, and is generally located between 25% and 50% of the peak strength. Moreover, the crack initiation criteria and progressive damage model are established, and some beneficial conclusions are drawn. The tension concentration model of elliptic crack can be used to explain cracking mechanism of Three Gorges granite at relatively low confinement, and Three Gorges granite mainly occurs lateral damage in the microfracturing process and exhibits the similar damage evolutionary rule under different confining stress. The damage model can be used to describe the crack propagation process.

scholarly journals Stress–dilatancy of gravel for triaxial compression tests

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenon Szypcio
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strain ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Volumetric Strain ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Characteristic Points ◽  
Triaxial Compression Tests

Abstract The stress–plastic dilatancy relationships for gravel are analyzed based on drained triaxial tests experiments described in literature. For this, Frictional State Theory is used. The characteristic points and stages of shearing may be defined from the analysis of η–Dp relationship. The characteristic points and stages of shearing cannot be identified from ordinary stress–strain, volumetric strain–shear strain relationships that are shown in literature.

Effect of particle size and strain conditions on the strength of crushed basalt

1983 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 706-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mosaid Al-Hussaini
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Level Density ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Volumetric Strain ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Strain Diagram ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Cohesionless Soils ◽  
Lower Shear

This paper describes the results of an investigation carried out to study the influence of particle size, stress level, density, method of consolidation, and strain conditions on the strength and compressibility of crushed basalt. All specimens were prepared at medium or high density, consolidated isotropically or under K0 consolidation, and sheared under effective confining pressure ranging from 443 to 2297 kPa. The material used in the test program had a straight line grain size distribution with maximum particle size ranges from 0.63 to 76.2 mm and minimum particle size equivalent to No. 30 U.S. standard sieve size:The tests indicated that an increase in the particle size (i.e., gradation) increases the strength and decreases the axial and the volumetric strain at failure. The study indicated further that the crushed basalt under triaxial compression has a lower shear strength than when sheared under plane strain conditions. Particles crushed were significantly influenced by the stress level and gradation and to a lesser degree by density of material. Keywords: cohesionless soils, density (mass/volume), shear tests, stress–strain diagram, compression tests, rockfill dams.

scholarly journals Mechanical Behavior and Permeability Evolution of Coal under Different Mining-Induced Stress Conditions and Gas Pressures

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2677
Author(s):  
Zetian Zhang ◽  
Ru Zhang ◽  
Zhiguo Cao ◽  
Mingzhong Gao ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Volumetric Strain ◽  
Coal Mass ◽  
Gas Pressure ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Permeability Evolution ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Induced Stress ◽  
Conventional Triaxial Compression ◽  
Gas Pressures

The gas permeability and mechanical properties of coal, which are seriously influenced by mining-induced stress evolution and gas pressure conditions, are key issues in coal mining and enhanced coalbed methane recovery. To obtain a comprehensive understanding of the effects of mining-induced stress conditions and gas pressures on the mechanical behavior and permeability evolution of coal, a series of mining-induced stress unloading experiments at different gas pressures were conducted. The test results are compared with the results of conventional triaxial compression tests also conducted at different gas pressures, and the different mechanisms between these two methods were theoretically analyzed. The test results show that under the same mining-induced stress conditions, the strength of the coal mass decreases with increasing gas pressure, while the absolute deformation of the coal mass increases. Under real mining-induced stress conditions, the volumetric strain of the coal mass remains negative, which means that the volume of the coal mass continues to increase. The volumetric strain corresponding to the peak stress of the coal mass increases with gas pressure in the same mining layout simulation. However, in conventional triaxial compression tests, the coal mass volume continues to decrease and in a compressional state, and there is no obvious deformation stage that occurs during the mining-induced stress unloading tests. The theoretical and experimental analyses show that mining-induced stress unloading and gas pressure changes greatly impact the deformation, failure mechanism and permeability enhancement of coal.

The mechanism of deformation and fracture in potash rock

1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emery Z. Lajtai ◽  
E. J. Scott Duncan
Keyword(s):  
High Stress ◽  
Volumetric Strain ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Initiation Point ◽  
Potash Salt ◽  
Measured Strain ◽  
Lateral Creep

Specimens of potash rock from the Rocanville mine of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan were subjected to uniaxial compression tests and to time-dependent creep tests under static, uniaxial loading.During the first cycle of loading, the main sources of the measured strain are compaction and dilation at grain boundaries and consolidation of the clay phase. The crystals of halite and sylvite deform elastically at low stress and in a brittle manner at high stress. There is little, if any, evidence for constant-volume plastic deformation at any level of uniaxial stress.The stress–strain curve can be divided into three parts, each representing a different dominant deformational process: a low-stress quasi-elastic, an intermediate-stress ductile, and a high-stress brittle mechanism. The three parts are separated by the yield point (1–8 MPa) and the crack initiation point (10–13 MPa). The strength of the Rocanville potash specimens ranged between 15 and 18 MPa.The deformation of potash rock is strongly time dependent. There is evidence for the existence of all three stages of creep: transient, steady-state, and tertiary. There is very little interrelationship between the axial and lateral creep strains; the volumetric strain is negative at low stress and positive (dilatant) at high stress, but rarely, if ever, constant. Key words: creep, dilatant, ductile, elastic, fracture, microfracture, plastic, potash, salt.

scholarly journals Onset of Crack Initiation in Uniaxial and Triaxial Compression Tests of Dolomite Samples

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy Cieślik
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Lateral Strain ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Volume Strain ◽  
Conventional Triaxial Compression ◽  
Crack Volume ◽  
Response Method ◽  
Triaxial Compression Tests ◽  
Strain Method

Abstract The paper presents results of laboratory investigation and analysis of crack initiation threshold identification of dolomite samples. First, selected methods for determining crack initiation thresholds are briefly described with special attention paid to four methods: crack volume strain method [14], change in Poisson’s ratio [8], lateral strain response method [16], and dilatancy method [4]. The investigation performed on dolomite samples shows that for the uniaxial and conventional triaxial compression tests, the above mentioned methods give quite similar values, except for the crack volume strain method. Crack initiation threshold determined by this method has a distinctively lower value than that obtained by the other methods. The aim of the present paper was to review and assess these methods for identifying crack initiation threshold based on laboratory tests of dolomite samples.

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