An Experimental Study on the Determination of Damage Thresholds in Rock at Different Stress Levels

응력수준에 따른 암석의 손상기준 결정에 관한 실험적 연구

  • 장수호 (한국건설기술연구원 지반연구부) ;
  • 이정인 (서울대학교 지구환경시스템공학부)
  • Published : 2005.12.01

Abstract

In highly stressed conditions, the excavation damage zone induced by stress redistribution and disturbance must be evaluated after tunnel excavation. Therefore, the investigation of stress-induced deformation and fracture in rock is indispensable. In this study, fracture and damage mechanisms of rock induced by the accumulation of microcracks were investigated by the moving point regression technique as well as acoustic emission measured during uniaxial compression tests. Especially, the modified procedures to determine damage thresholds more systematically were newly proposed, and successfully applied to rock. From experiments, crack initiation and track damage stress levels were estimated to be $33{\~}36\%$ and $84{\~}89\%$ of uniaxial compressive strength respectively, for both of Hwangdeung granite and Yeosan marble. However, the normalized crack closure stress level for Yeosan marble was much higher than for Hwangdeung granite. In addition, the largest proportion of total axial strain in Hwangdeung granite was attributable to elastic deformation and initial microcracking. However, the greatest part of axial deformation in Yeosan marble arose from initial crack closure and unstable cracking. Finally, it was seen that unstable cracking after the crack damage stress level played a key part in the lateral deformation in rocks under uniaxial compression.

높은 현지응력 조건하에서는 굴착 후에 응력 재분배와 응력 교란에 의해 발생하는 터널 주변의 손상영역을 평가할 필요가 있다. 따라서 암석의 변형 및 파괴 특성을 규명하는 것이 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 미소균열들의 전파와 결합에 의해 형성되는 암석의 파괴 및 손상 메커니즘을 점이동 회귀분석 기법과 단축압축시험 동안 측정된 미소파괴음으로부터 조사하고자 하였다. 특히 암석의 손상기준들을 보다 체계적으로 결정하기 위한 수정 방법을 새롭게 제안하였고 성공적으로 적용하였다. 실험결과, 황등화강암과 여산대리석 모두에서 균열개시응력과 균열손상응력은 단축압축강도의 각각 $33{\~}36\%$$84{\~}89\%$ 수준인 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 여산대리석에서 정규화한 균열닫힘응력 수준은 황등화강암과 비교할 때 더욱 크게 나타났다. 또한 황등화강암에서 발생한 축방향 변형은 탄성변형 단계와 초기 미소균열 발생 과정에서 크게 발생하였다. 하지만 여산대리석에서 발생한 축방향 변형은 초기 균열들의 닫힘과 불안정한 균열전파에 의해 주로 발생하였다. 반면 단축압축조건하에서 암석의 횡방향 변형은 거의 대부분 균열손상응력 수준 이후에 발생하는 불안정한 균열전파로 인해 발생하는 것으로 나타났다.

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