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The coalescence and strength of rock-like materials containing two aligned X-type flaws under uniaxial compression

  • Zhang, Bo (School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University) ;
  • Li, Shucai (Research Center of Geotechnical and Structural Engineering, Shandong University) ;
  • Yang, Xueying (Shandong Urban Construction Vocational College) ;
  • Xia, Kaiwen (Impact and Fracture Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering and Lassonde Institute, University of Toronto) ;
  • Liu, Jiyang (School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University) ;
  • Guo, Shuai (School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University) ;
  • Wang, Shugang (Research Center of Geotechnical and Structural Engineering, Shandong University)
  • Received : 2018.01.20
  • Accepted : 2018.12.10
  • Published : 2019.01.20
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Abstract

Crossing (X-type) flaws are commonly encountered in rock mass. However, the crack coalescence and failure mechanisms of rock mass with X-type flaws remain unclear. In this study, we investigate the compressive failure process of rock-like specimens containing two X-type flaws aligned in the loading direction. For comparison purposes, compressive failure behavior of specimens containing two aligned single flaws is also studied. By examining the crack coalescence behavior, two characteristics for the aligned X-type flaws under uniaxial compression are revealed. The flaws tend to coalesce by cracks emanating from flaw tips along a potential path that is parallel to the maximum compressive stress direction. The flaws are more likely to coalesce along the coalescence path linked by flaw tips with greater maximum circumferential stress if there are several potential coalescence paths almost parallel to the maximum compressive stress direction. In addition, we find that some of the specimens containing two aligned X-type flaws exhibit higher strengths than that of the specimens containing two single parallel flaws. The two underlying reasons that may influence the strengths of specimens containing two aligned X-type flaws are the values of flaw tips maximum circumferential stresses and maximum shear stresses, as well as the shear crack propagation tendencies of some secondary flaws. The research reported here provides increased understanding of the fundamental nature of rock/rock-like material failure in uniaxial compression.

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Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

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