Thermodynamic Properties of Soft Sedimentary Rock in Geotechnical Engineering

2012 ◽  
Vol 170-173 ◽  
pp. 687-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Yin Wang ◽  
Fang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Thermodynamic Properties ◽  
Sedimentary Rock ◽  
Geotechnical Engineering ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Soft Rock ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Oil Drilling ◽  
Viscoplastic Model ◽  
Conventional Triaxial Compression

In geotechnical engineering such as supporting of deep and soft rock roadway ,oil drilling , and construction of military underground defensive facility, thermodynamic properties of soft sedimentary rock has guiding significances .The study of the thermal constitutive behavior of rock under temperature has been done for many years, and many achievement have been got on this issue. In this paper, some experimental researches on the thermo-mechanical characteristics of soft sedimentary rock have been presented. Some test results have been simulated with a thermo-elasto-viscoplastic model. The results show that the proposed thermo-elasto-viscoplastic model reflects the visco-elastoplastic properties of rock，and can describe the thermo-mechanical behaviors of soft shale rocks in not only drained conventional triaxial compression tests but also drained triaxial creep tests. So it can be used for analysis of theology and stability of rock engineering.

scholarly journals Mechanical Properties and Numerical Analyses of Basalt Fiber Crumb Rubber Mortars in Soft Rock Roadways

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Ling Qin ◽  
Wei-Guo Qiao ◽  
Deng-Ge Lin ◽  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Ji-Yao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Constitutive Model ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Basalt Fiber ◽  
Soft Rock ◽  
Crumb Rubber ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Confining Pressures ◽  
Roadway Support ◽  
Uniaxial Compressive Stress ◽  
Triaxial Compression Tests

The strength of crumb rubber mortars can be improved by the addition of basalt fibers. However, limited studies have been conducted on basalt fiber crumb rubber mortars (BF-CRM), and the constitutive model is still very immature. In this paper, uniaxial compressive stress-strain curves are obtained for several groups of BF-CRM specimens with different contents. By comparison with the GZH model, modified GZH parameters that can be used in a BF-CRM constitutive model are obtained. Then, taking the support scheme of the main substation of a mine as the background, FLAC3D is used to simulate the roadway support, BF-CRM replaces the ordinary mortars in the original support, and triaxial compression tests are performed at different confining pressures. In this way, the application of BF-CRM in roadway support is studied and analyzed.

scholarly journals A Nonlinear Strength Criterion for Frozen Sulfate Saline Silty Clay with Different Salt Contents

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhu Zhao ◽  
Yuanming Lai ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Chong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Strength Criterion ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Saline Soils ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Frozen Soils ◽  
Conventional Triaxial Compression ◽  
Confining Pressures ◽  
Pressure Melting

It has been proven that the mechanical properties of frozen saline soils are different from frozen soils and unfrozen saline soils. In this paper, in order to study the effects of the salt contents on the strength characteristics of frozen soils, a series of conventional triaxial compression tests are carried out for frozen saline silty clay with Na2SO4 contents 0.0, 0.5, 1.5, and 2.5% under confining pressures from 0 MPa to 18 MPa at −6°C, respectively. The experimental results show that the strength of frozen saline silty clay presents obvious nonlinearity, the strength of frozen saline silty clay increases with increasing confining pressures at first, but with a further increase in confining pressures, the strength decreases because of pressure melting and crushing phenomena under high confining pressures, and salt contents have an important influence on strength of frozen saline silty clay. A strength criterion is proposed on the basis of the experimental results. The strength criterion could well reflect the nonlinear strength characteristic of frozen saline silty clay and the influence of salt contents on frozen saline silty clay.

Stress–strain–time behavior of deep sea clays

1983 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 517-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Silva ◽  
K. Moran ◽  
S. A. Akers
Keyword(s):  
Deep Sea ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Constant Strain Rate ◽  
Triaxial Tests ◽  
Time Behavior ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
The North ◽  
Deep Sea Sediments

Summary results are presented of a comprehensive experimental study to investigate the strength, stress–strain properties, and creep behavior of fine-grained deep sea sediments. Isotropically (CIU) and anisotropically (CAU) consolidated undrained triaxial tests and drained triaxial creep tests were performed on undisturbed and reconstituted–reconsolidated (remolded) samples of smectite-rich and illite-rich deep sea clays from the North Central Pacific.The CIU Mohr–Coulomb parameters for remolded smectite [Formula: see text] were nearly identical to the undisturbed material [Formula: see text]. The parameters for remolded illite [Formula: see text] were also not significantly different than for the undisturbed material [Formula: see text].The undrained shear strength versus water content relationship (qf vs. wf) for remolded smectite is much lower than for the undisturbed material, whereas for illite the remolded strength is only slightly lower. Therefore it appears that smectite is much more sensitive than illite to the type of remolding used in these studies.The CAU tests showed that K0 agrees well with the Jaky equation, [Formula: see text]. The Mohr–Coulomb parameters were somewhat lower than the corresponding CIU results.Undisturbed and remolded samples were tested at stress levels of 10, 25, 40, and 65% of the Mohr–Coulomb strength for the determination of triaxial drained creep properties. Different relationships between stress level, strain, and time were determined for the two materials. A secondary state of creep, defined as a period of constant strain rate, was not consistently observed. Comparisons with terrestrial clays and near shore material display similar strengths of the deep sea sediments and greater deformation potential during long-term loading. Keywords: stress–strain behavior, creep, deep sea sediments, stress–strain–time behavior, triaxial compression tests.

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.

Plasticity of Ice and Sand-Ice Systems

1975 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 479-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard L. Smith ◽  
J. B. Cheatham
Keyword(s):  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Plasticity Theory ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Conventional Triaxial Compression ◽  
Confining Pressures ◽  
Von Mises ◽  
Comparison Of The Results ◽  
Force Displacement ◽  
Triaxial Compression Tests

The experimental deformation of ice and sand-ice systems is compared with predictions based upon plasticity theory. Properties of the materials were determined under various temperatures, confining pressures, and loading rates using conventional triaxial compression tests. Samples were indented at atmospheric pressure using flat punches and sharp wedges at two loading rates and calculated force-displacement relationships were determined for the von Mises, coulomb, and parabolic yield conditions. Comparison of the results of the experiments with the computations indicates that the force-displacement relationships for ice and sand-ice samples can be approximated using plasticity theory.

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.

Test Study on Dynamic Deformation Behavior of Soft Rock-Concrete Sample under Cyclic Loading

2014 ◽  
Vol 501-504 ◽  
pp. 295-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zu De Ding ◽  
Yong Gang Du ◽  
Juan Huang ◽  
Cheng Hua Shi
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Deformation ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Soft Rock ◽  
Dynamic Strain ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Deformation Behaviors ◽  
Weak Interlayer ◽  
Good Contact ◽  
Dynamic Deformation Behavior

Considering three contact states of good contact, containing weak interlayer and water, containing weak interlayer but no water, a series of cyclic triaxial compression tests of soft rock-concrete samples for investigation the dynamic deformation behaviors are carried out. The influence of contact states on dynamic properties of combination samples is analyzed based on the dynamic stress-strain curves and accumulative strain curves. The results show that changing the contact states has notable effects on the dynamic strain of the samples. Comparing with the good contact sample, the accumulative strain of the sample containing weak interlayer is about 2 times. The amplitude of the sample vibration increases, while the accumulative strain reduces with the increase of the vibration frequency. It can be noted that the measures such as assuring construction quality, removing weak interlayer and water, keeping good contact state between bedrock and tunnel structure can reduce the settlements and improve the tunnel service life.

EMPIRICAL STRENGTH ENVELOPE FOR SHALE

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (7-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd For Mohd Amin ◽  
Nur‘Ain Mat Yusof ◽  
Rini Asnida Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Failure Criterion ◽  
Sedimentary Rock ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Failure Envelope ◽  
Rock Samples ◽  
Failure Envelopes ◽  
Project Site ◽  
Coulomb Criterion ◽  
Triaxial Compression Tests

Effectively, strength envelope describes behavior of rock when subjected to common stresses in construction, i.e. compressive, triaxial and tensile stresses. This study is aimed at investigating the strength envelope for shale, a sedimentary rock obtained from dam project site in Baram, Sarawak. Series of triaxial compression tests were carried out to obtain the strength envelope for the rock samples. For verification of failure criterion, uniaxial compression and Brazilian tests were also conducted on the rock samples. Results from the relevant tests were analysed using RocData software to obtain the strength envelope. Subsequently, Mohr-Coulomb and Hoek-Brown failure criterion are used to determine failure envelop for the rock samples. Based on the failure envelopes and the related strengths (i.e. compressive and tensile strength), suitability of both approach, in defining strength envelope for shale, is verified. The study shows that for highly laminated sedimentary rock like shale, Hoek-Brown criterion gave a more representative failure behaviour. The failure envelope clearly shown all the strength limits when the rock is subjected to triaxial, uniaxial and tensile stress, which is not clearly shown in the Mohr-Coulomb criterion. Therefore, Hoek-Brown criterion is a more appropriate method for describing strength envelope, as it able to show the limiting stresses when rock samples are subjected to common stresses in construction.

Analysis on Bolt Supporting Mechanism for Roadways Driving along next Goaf Based on Triaxial Compression Test

2012 ◽  
Vol 594-597 ◽  
pp. 1159-1162
Author(s):  
Sheng Zhong ◽  
Yong Jie Yang ◽  
Min Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Test ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Test System ◽  
Deformation Characteristics ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Conventional Triaxial Compression ◽  
Strength And Deformation ◽  
Rock Mechanical Test ◽  
Triaxial Compression Tests

Conventional triaxial compression tests of coal specimens are carried out by MTS815 servo-controlled rock mechanical test system, and the strength and deformation characteristics of coal under different confining pressure are analyzed. On that basis, bolt supporting mechanism of surrounding rocks of roadways driving along next goaf is studied.

scholarly journals Permeability evolution of unloaded coal samples at different loading rates

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1497-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ze-Tian Zhang ◽  
Zhang Ru ◽  
Jian-Feng Liu ◽  
Xiao-Hui Liu ◽  
Jia-Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Axial Loading ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Initial Permeability ◽  
Differential Method ◽  
Permeability Evolution ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Evolution Law ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Conventional Triaxial Compression

As coal mass is often at unloading status during mining process, it is of great significance to push on the research on permeability evolution of unloaded coal samples at different loading rates. A series of triaxial unloading experiments were conducted for initially intact coal samples using an improved rock mechanics testing system, and the permeability was continuously measured by the constant pressure differential method for methane. Permeability evolution law of unloaded coal samples and the influence mechanism of loading rates on that were studied. The results of triaxial unloading experiments indicate that the permeability of coal samples increases throughout the whole testing process without a descent stage, which is different from the permeability evolution law in conventional triaxial compression tests. The maximum permeability of unloaded coal sample, which is 4 to 18 times to its initial permeability, often appears before reaching the peak stress and increases with the decrease of axial loading rate. Stress state corresponding to the surge point of permeability of the unloaded coal samples is also discussed.

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