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Dynamic failure features and brittleness evaluation of coal under different confining pressure

  • Liu, Xiaohui (Key Laboratory of Fluid and Power Machinery, Ministry of Education, Xihua University) ;
  • Zheng, Yu (Southwest Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute of China) ;
  • Hao, Qijun (Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education) ;
  • Zhao, Rui (Key Laboratory of Fluid and Power Machinery, Ministry of Education, Xihua University) ;
  • Xue, Yang (CHN Energy Dadu River Hydropower Development Co., Ltd) ;
  • Zhang, Zhaopeng (Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education)
  • Received : 2020.10.24
  • Accepted : 2022.07.12
  • Published : 2022.09.10
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Abstract

To obtain the dynamic mechanical properties, fracture modes, energy and brittleness characteristics of Furong Baijiao coal rock, the dynamic impact compression tests under 0, 4, 8 and 12 MPa confining pressure were carried out using the split Hopkinson pressure bar. The results show that failure mode of coal rock in uniaxial state is axial splitting failure, while it is mainly compression-shear failure with tensile failure in triaxial state. With strain rate and confining pressure increasing, compressive strength and peak strain increase, average fragmentation increases and fractal dimension decreases. Based on energy dissipation theory, the dissipated energy density of coal rock increases gradually with growing confining pressure, but it has little correlation with strain rate. Considering progressive destruction process of coal rock, damage variable was defined as the ratio of dissipated energy density to total absorbed energy density. The maximum damage rate was obtained by deriving damage variable to reflect its maximum failure severity, then a brittleness index BD was established based on the maximum damage rate. BD value declined gradually as confining pressure and strain rate increase, indicating the decrease of brittleness and destruction degree. When confining pressure rises to 12 MPa, brittleness index and average fragmentation gradually stabilize, which shows confining pressure growing cannot cause continuous damage. Finally, integrating dynamic deformation and destruction process of coal rock and according to its final failure characteristics under different confining pressures, BD value is used to classify the brittleness into four grades.

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Acknowledgement

This research was funded by the General project of Sichuan Natural Science Foundation (Grant No: 2022NSFSC0279, 2022NSFSC1009), the Key Scientific Research Fund of Xihua University (Grant No: Z17113), and Graduate Innovation Fund of Xihua University (Grant No: YCJJ2021056).

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