scholarly journals Investigation of the Shear Mechanical Behavior of Sandstone with Unloading Normal Stress after Freezing–Thawing Cycles

Machines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 339
Author(s):  
Shuailong Lian ◽  
Jiashen Li ◽  
Fei Gan ◽  
Jing Bi ◽  
Chaolin Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Surface ◽  
Mechanical Behavior ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Shear Displacement ◽  
Normal Displacement ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Thawing Cycle ◽  
Unloading Rate

Freezing–thawing action has a great impact on the physical and mechanical deterioration processes of rock materials in cold areas where environmental changes are very complicated. The direct shear test under unloading normal stress was adopted to investigate the shear mechanical behavior of sandstone samples after a freezing–thawing cycle in this paper. The failure shear displacement (Dsf), the failure normal displacement (Dnf), the shear displacement of unloading (Dsu), and the normal displacement of unloading (Dnu) were analyzed to describe the evolution of shear and normal deformation during the test. The results indicated that the shear displacement increased as the freezing–thawing cycle duration increased in a direct shear test under unloading normal stress. The unloading rate and the number of freezing–thawing cycles affected the failure pattern of the rock sample significantly in both the direct shear test under unloading normal stress and the direct shear test. The three-dimensional inclination angle, the distortion coefficient, and the roughness correlation coefficient of the fracture surface are dependent on the number of freezing–thawing cycles and the unloading rate. The surface average gradient mode of the fracture surface decreased as the freezing–thawing cycle times and unloading rate rose.

Bionic Concave Pit-Like Metal Surface and Soil Direct Shear Test

2012 ◽  
Vol 569 ◽  
pp. 451-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya Ming Tang ◽  
Yang Tian
Keyword(s):  
Metal Surface ◽  
Shear Force ◽  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Shear Displacement ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Typical Soil

In order to test the reducing adhesion and resistance effect of bionic metal non-smooth surface, the direct shear test is experimented on a kind of bionic dredging tools with typical soil and bionic concave pit-like metal surface.The relation of shear force and shear displacement on a certain pressure is presented. The result will help to design the structure of cutting soil tools’ surfaces with less adhesion and resistance.

scholarly journals Effect of Rock Particle Content on the Mechanical Behavior of a Soil-Rock Mixture (SRM) via Large-Scale Direct Shear Test

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Longqi Liu ◽  
Xuesong Mao ◽  
Yajun Xiao ◽  
Qian Wu ◽  
Ke Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Volumetric Strain ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Particle Content ◽  
Rock Particle

The mechanical strength of the landslide deposits directly affects the safety and operation of the roads in the western mountainous area of China. Therefore, the research is aimed at studying the mechanisms of a landslide deposit sample with different rock particle contents by analyzing its characteristics of the stress-strain behavior, the “jumping” phenomenon, the volumetric strain, and the shear strength parameters via a large-scale direct shear test. Stress-strain results show that stress-strain curves can be divided into 3 different stages: liner elastic stage, yielding stage, and strain-hardening stage. The shear strength of SRM behaves more like “soil” at a lower rock particle content and behaves more like “rock joints” at a higher rock particle content. Characteristics of the “jumping” phenomenon results show that the “intense jumping” stage becomes obvious with the increasing rock particle content and the normal stress. However, the lower the rock particle content is, the more obvious the “jumping” phenomenon under the same normal stress is. Volumetric strain results show that the sample with a lower rock particle content showed a dilatancy behavior under the low normal stress and shrinkage behavior under the high normal stress. The dilatancy value becomes smaller with the increasing normal stress. The maximum shear stress value of the rock particle content corresponds to the maximum value of dilatancy or shrinkage. We also conclude that the intercept of the Mohr failure envelope of the soil-rock mixture should be called the “equivalent cohesion,” not simply called the “cohesion.” The higher the normal stress and rock particle content are, the bigger the equivalent cohesion and the internal friction angle is.

scholarly journals A Review of Sand–Clay Mixture and Soil–Structure Interface Direct Shear Test

Geotechnics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-306
Author(s):  
Kexin Yin ◽  
Anne-Laure Fauchille ◽  
Eugenia Di Filippo ◽  
Panagiotis Kotronis ◽  
Giulio Sciarra
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Behavior ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Clay Fraction ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Clay Content ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Natural Soils

Natural soils are usually heterogeneous and characterized with complex microstructures. Sand–clay mixtures are often used as simplified soils to investigate the mechanical properties of soils with various compositions (from clayey to sandy soils) in the laboratory. Performing laboratory tests on a sand–clay mixture with definite clay fraction can provide information to understand the simplified soils’ mechanical behavior and better predict natural soils’ behavior at the engineering scale. This paper reviews previous investigations on sand–clay mixture and soil–structure interface direct shear test. It finds that even though there are many investigations on sand–clay mixtures and soil–structure interfaces that consider pure sand or pure clay, limited data on the mechanical behavior of the interface between sand–clay mixture and structure materials are available. Knowledge is missing on how the clay content influences the mechanical behavior of interface and how the soil particles’ arrangement changes as the clay content increases. Further study should be performed to investigate the interface in terms of a reconstituted sand–clay mixture and structure by interface direct shear test, to highlight the influence of clay fraction on the interface response, under various loading conditions.

Influence of Dilation on the Axial Load of Bolt as Joint Subjected to Shearing

2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 326-330
Author(s):  
Wen Qiang Chen ◽  
Zhi Xin Jia ◽  
Yu Fei Zhao ◽  
Ji Jun Zhou ◽  
Xing Chao Lin
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Axial Load ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Load Transfer ◽  
Failure Zone ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Load Transfer Mechanism ◽  
The Relationship

Based on the load transfer mechanism of bolts, the relationship between the axial load and shear displacement of bolt changing with the dilatancy of joint was analyzed, then the theoretical solutions of axial load of the bolt were verified by the direct shear test of bolted rock mass with different normal stress (0.5MPa, 0.7MPa, 1.0MPa) applied on the joint. The results show that the calculated values fit well with the results of tests; the increment of dilation angle can enhance the axial force of bolt quickly, but decrease the length of crushing failure zone.

scholarly journals Strength Characteristics of Nonpenetrating Joint Rock Mass under Different Shear Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Qingzhi Chen ◽  
Yuanming Liu ◽  
Shaoyun Pu
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Jointed Rock ◽  
Jointed Rock Mass ◽  
Strength Characteristics ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Rock Specimens

The mechanical property of jointed rock mass is an important factor to be considered in the analysis, evaluation, and design of actual rock engineering. The existence of joints threatens the stability and safety of underground engineering projects built in the rock mass. In order to study the change of mechanical properties and strength characteristics of nonpenetrating jointed rock mass under different test conditions, direct shear tests and triaxial tests were carried out. Direct shear tests under different normal stresses were carried out for nonpenetrating jointed rock mass to prepare specimens for triaxial tests. Then, triaxial tests were carried out to study the change of mechanical properties and strength characteristics of the nonpenetrating jointed rock mass. In the direct shear test part, the greater the normal stress is, the stronger the shear strength and the more serious the shear failure would be. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) the strength of rock mass would increase with the increase of confining pressure for those rock specimens with same degrees of shear after the direct shear test; (2) for rock specimens with different degrees of shear after the direct shear test, if the shearing degree of the rock specimen was greater, the strength of the rock specimen would be lower in the triaxial test; (3) for rock specimens with the same damage degree after direct shear test, the greater the normal stress in direct shear test is, the smaller the peak axial pressure would be in the triaxial test; (4) if the specimen was sheared under higher normal stress in direct shear test, the cohesion of it would be lower and the internal friction angle would be larger. For the specimens under the same normal stress, if the shear failure of one specimen was more serious, the cohesion of it would be smaller and the internal friction angle would be larger.

Analysis of the Deformation Field in the Direct Shear Test with Use of DPDM

2013 ◽  
Vol 275-277 ◽  
pp. 1503-1509
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Wen Bai Liu ◽  
Li Juan Su
Keyword(s):  
Normal Stress ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Steel Plate ◽  
Maximum Shear Stress ◽  
Deformation Field ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Medium Sand ◽  
Dense Sand ◽  
Experimental Process

To study the deformation of soil when interacting with structure, this paper macroscopically analyzes sand deformation field through the direct shear test with sand and steel plate. The test used the invisible semi-model shear device to take photo of experimental process for analysis by digital photography-based deformation measurement(DPDM) technique. The results show that during the process of interaction between dense sand and structure, the influence made by normal stress is more significant than that of compactness. As the normal stress grows, the compactness, the maximum shear stress and the bulk strain of medium sand correspondingly increases. At the beginning of shear, sand far from the plate displays shear shrink while sand close to the plate shows partial shear dilatancy.

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