암석의 미세균열의 발달과 분포의 예측방법에 관한 연구

Study on the Prediction of the Occurrence and Distribution of the Microcracks in Rock

  • 백환조 (강원대학교 자원공학과) ;
  • 김덕현 (강원대학교 대학원 자원공학과) ;
  • 최성범 (강원대학교 대학원 자원공학과)
  • 발행 : 1998.09.01

초록

자연적으로, 혹은 인위적으로 발생된 균열들은 현지암반의 공학적 거동에 대한 중요한 자료를 제공한다. 일정한 방향으로 분포하는 미세균열들은 암반의 물성에 현저한 영향을 미치게 되지만, 다른 요인들에 의한 이방성이 큰 경우에는 이들의 영향은 감소한다. 본 연구에서는 초음파속도의 이방성과 점하중 재하에 의한 인공균열의 진행방향을 기초로, 암석조직이 암석의 물성에 미치는 영향에 대하여 조사하였다. 암석시료는 우백질의 포천화강암 석재에서 코어링한 NX 시험편과 현장 시추코어를 사용하였다. 시료에 분포하는 균열들의 주 방향을 기준으로 설정한 후, 초음파속도의 이방성을 측정한 결과, 균열에 수직한 방향에서 초음파속도의 최소치가 측정되었다. 속도측정에 사용한 NX코어로부터 EX크기의 원판형 시험편을 성형한 수 점하중 재하실험을 수행하였으며, 점하중재하에 의한 인공균열의 진행방향은 기존의 미세균열의 방향과 거의 일치하였다.

Microcracks in rock materials, whether natural or induced, provide useful information on the engineering performance of in situ rockmasses. A population of preferentially oriented microcracks has observable effects on the physical properties of a rockmass, but their effects may not be evident if the rock material is highly anisotropic due to other causes. An experimental program was undertaken to investigate the effect of rock fabrics on the physical properties of rock materials. In this study, anisotropy in the circumferential wave velocity and the direction of induced fractures under axial point loading were measured. Rock specimens (NX-size) of the leucocractic Pocheon granite were cored from rock blocks, retaining the relative directions of each specimen. Another set of specimens was prepared from the rock cores of the same meterial, obtained in the field. The master orientation line (MOL) was set to be the representative direction of the microcracks in the specimen. Variation of the circumferential wave velocity of each specimen was then measured along the core, keeping the MOL as reference. The direction of the minimum wave velocity was nearly perpendicular to the direction of the MOL. Coring of smaller-sized (EX-size), concentric specimens from the NX specimens were then followed, and axial point loading was applied. The direction of induced fractures due to axial point loading was closely related to the MOL direction, confirming the prior test result.

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