• Geomechanics and Engineering
• /
• 제14권2호
• /
• pp.203-209
• /
• 2018

Reliable estimation of compressive as well as tensile in-situ stresses is critical in the design and analysis of underground structures and openings in rocks. Kaiser effect technique, which uses acoustic emission from rock specimens under cyclic load, is well established for the estimation of in-situ compressive stresses. This paper investigates the Kaiser effect on marble specimens under cyclic uniaxial compressive as well as cyclic uniaxial tensile conditions. The tensile behavior was studied by means of Brazilian tests. Each specimen was tested by applying the load in four loading cycles having magnitudes of 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% of the peak stress. The experimental results confirm the presence of Kaiser effect in marble specimens under both compressive and tensile loading conditions. Kaiser effect was found to be more dominant in the first two loading cycles and started disappearing as the applied stress approached the peak stress, where felicity effect became dominant instead. This behavior was observed to be consistent under both compressive and tensile loading conditions and can be applied for the estimation of in-situ rock stresses as a function of peak rock stress. At a micromechanical level, Kaiser effect is evident when the pre-existing stress is smaller than the crack damage stress and ambiguous when pre-existing stress exceeds the crack damage stress. Upon reaching the crack damage stress, the cracks begin to propagate and coalesce in an unstable manner. Hence acoustic emission observations through Kaiser effect analysis can help to estimate the crack damage stresses reliably thereby improving the efficiency of design parameters.

• 한국세라믹학회지
• /
• 제28권9호
• /
• pp.712-720
• /
• 1991

The effect of cyclic compressive stress on fracture responses of Al2O3 was investigated under uniaxial stress cycling. Experimental data were obtained for Al2O3 tension specimens under uniaxial tension-unloading and tension-compression cyclic loading conditions. To investigate the effect of compressive stress on the crack growth, theoretical results from the crack growth rate were compared with measured stress vs. failure relations. At low stress level in tension-compression cycling, residual tensile strains were also observed about failure time.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
• /
• 제15권3호
• /
• pp.919-925
• /
• 2018

Stress-strain responses of weak-to-strong carbonate rocks used for tunnel construction were studied. The analysis of applicability of exponential stress-strain models based on Haldane's distribution function is presented. It is revealed that these exponential equations presented in transformed forms allow us to predict stress-strain relationships over the whole pre-failure strain range without mechanical testing of rock samples under compression using a press machine and to avoid measurements of axial failure strains for which relatively large values of compressive stress are required. In this study, only one point measurement (small strain at small stress) using indentation test and uniaxial compressive strength determined by a standard Schmidt hammer are considered as input parameters to predict stress-strain response from zero strain/zero stress up to failure. Observations show good predictive capabilities of transformed stress-stress models for weak-to-strong (${\sigma}_c$ <100 MPa) heterogeneous carbonate rocks exhibiting small (< 0.5 %), intermediate (< 1 %) and large (> 1 %) axial strains.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
• /
• 제32권5호
• /
• pp.495-502
• /
• 2023

In this study, stress relaxation tests were carried out by keeping silt type soil specimens under different strain levels. Decreases in the stress values with time data was collected to better understand the effect of the strain level on the relaxation properties of soil specimens. In addition, the stress relaxation effect on the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) values of the specimens was investigated with a series of tests. According to the results obtained from this study, the UCS values of the silt specimens significantly vary as a result of the stress relaxation effect. The UCS values were determined to increase with an increase of relaxation strain level to a threshold value. On the other hand, the UCS values were found to be affected adversely in case of high stress levels at the initiation of the relaxation, which are close to the peak level.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
• /
• 제20권2호
• /
• pp.147-156
• /
• 2008

콘크리트의 일축압축실험에서 축하중이 발생함에 따라 새로운 균열이 발생하고 이 균열의 확장이 파괴의 주된 원인이 되는 경우가 대부분인데 이는 입자 결합 모델에서 입자간의 결합이 파괴되어 해석 대상체의 균열 모사와 유사하게 해석될 수 있어 콘크리트의 표준 공시체에 대하여 일축압축실험의 모사 가능성을 연구하였다. 그러나 입자 결합 모델은 해석 대상체를 입자간의 집합체로 모사하기 때문에 입자간의 결합을 결정하는 미시변수에 의해서 해석 대상의 거시물성이 변하게 되어 이들 변수간의 정량적인 관계를 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서 사용된 접촉 결합 모델에서는 총 8개의 미시변수가 있어 이들 변수와 일축압축실험결과 나오는 거시물성-탄성계수, 일축압축강도, 포아송비-와 콘크리트의 압축파괴거동에 관련이 있는 균열 개시 응력과 일축압축강도와의 비로서 5개의 거시물성에 대하여 부분배치법 및 회귀분석을 통하여 이들 간의 정량적인 관계를 도출하였고 그 결과 일축압축강도를 가정한 가상시료 및 조사 자료로부터 얻은 일축압축강도를 비교적 잘 모사할 수 있었다. 또한 해석을 수행한 공시체의 응력-변형률 곡선이나 응력 수준별 균열 발생의 빈도 및 파괴거동을 관찰한 결과 일반적인 콘크리트의 일축압축하중 하에서의 파괴거동과 상당부분 유사함을 보여 입자 결합 모델을 이용하여 콘크리트 공시체에 대한 일축압축실험을 잘 모사할 수 있다고 본다.

• 터널과지하공간
• /
• 제2권2호
• /
• pp.224-236
• /
• 1992

It is very important to determine the thermo-mechanical characteristics of the rock mass surrounding the repository of radioctive waste and the LPG storage cavern. In this study, Hwasoon-Shist. Dado-Tuff adn Chunan-Tonalite were the selected rock types. Temperature dependence of the mechanical properteis such as uniaxial compressive strength, tensile strength, Young's modulus was investigated by measuring the behaviour of these properties due to the variation of temperature. Also, the characteristics of strength and deformation of these rocks were examined through high-temperature triaxial compression tests with varing temperatures and confining pressures. Important results obtained are as follows: In high temperature tests, the uniaxial compressive strength and Yong's modulus of Tonalite showed a sligth increase at a temperature up to 300$^{\circ}C$ and a sharp decrease beyond 300$^{\circ}C$, and the tensile strength showed a linear decrease with increasing heating-temperature. In high-temperature triaxial compression test, both the failure stress and Young's modulus of Tonalite increased with the increase of confining pressure at constant heating-temperature, and the failure stress decreased at 100$^{\circ}C$ but increased at 200$^{\circ}C$ under a constant confining pressure. In low temperature tests, the uniaxial compressive and tensile strengths and Young's modulus of these rocks increased as the cooling-temperature is reduced. Also, the uniaxial compressive and tensile strengths of wet rock specimens are less than those of dry rock specimens.

• Computers and Concrete
• /
• 제22권6호
• /
• pp.563-572
• /
• 2018

Uniaxial compressive strength test and uniaxial compression creep one were produced on four groups of twelve concrete specimens with different hole number by RLW-2000 rock triaxial rheology test system. The relationships between horizontal holes and instantaneous failure stress, the strain, and creep failure stress, the strain, and the relationships between stress level and instantaneous strain, creep strain were studied, and the relationship between horizontal holes and failure mode was determined. The results showed that: with horizontal hole number increasing, compressive strength of the specimens decreased whereas its peak strain increased, while both creep failure strength and its peak strain decreased. The relationships between horizontal holes and compressive strength of the specimens, the peak strain, were represented in quadratic polynomial, the relationships between horizontal holes and creep failure strength, the peak strain were represented in both linear and quadratic polynomial, respectively. Instantaneous strain decreased with stress level increasing, and the more holes in the blocks the less the damping of instantaneous strain were recorded. In the failure stress level, instantaneous strain reversally increased, creep strain showed three stages: decreasing, increasing, and sharp increasing; in same stress level, the less holes the less creep strain rate was recorded. The compressive-shear failure was produced along specimen diagonal line where the master surface of creep failure occurred, the more holes in a block, the higher chances of specimen failure and the more obvious master surface were.

• 대한토목학회논문집
• /
• 제29권6C호
• /
• pp.321-329
• /
• 2009

국내 암석의 일축응력상태와 삼축응력상태의 한계변형률 특성을 연구하고자 국내에 분포하는 6종류의 암석을 대상으로 실내 일축 및 삼축압축시험을 실시하였다. 일축압축실험에 의한 일축압축강도는 대부분 1~100MPa의 범위이었고, 한계변형률도 0.1~1.0%에 위치하여 전반적으로 Sakurai(1982)가 제시한 상 하부 경계선 내에 분포하였다. 그리고 암석의 파괴/한계변형률의 비(${\varepsilon}_f/{\varepsilon}_0$)는 일축강도에 따라 1.0~1.8의 범위로 모두 1.0 이상 나타났다. 삼축압축실험에 의한 한계변형률은 모든 암석에서 0.8%이하로 일축압축실험에서의 최대 한계변형률 1.0% 보다 작은 값을 보였으며, 일축 및 삼축압축실험로부터 산정된 값은 거의 대부분의 암석시료에서 1.0~8.0정도의 범위였다. 본 연구를 통하여 삼축응력상태인 암반의 파괴변형률(${\varepsilon}_{f3}$)은 일축응력상태의 파괴변형률(${\varepsilon}_{f1}$)에 비하여 1.0~8.0배 정도 크고, ${\varepsilon}_{f1}$은 일축응력상태의 한계변형률(${\varepsilon}_{01}$)보다 1.0~1.8배정도 크게 나타나 암반터널 변위계측에 의한 안정성 기준치를 일축강도에 따른 한계변형률(${\varepsilon}_{01}$)로 규정하는 것은 안정측 관리기준이 되는 것으로 판단된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• /
• 제41권4호
• /
• pp.495-508
• /
• 2012

The strength theory of concrete is significant to structure design and nonlinear finite element analysis of concrete structures because concrete utilized in engineering is usually subject to the action of multi-axial stress. Experimental results have revealed that lightweight aggregate (LWA) concrete exhibits plastic flow plateau under high compressive stress and most of the lightweight aggregates are crushed at this stage. For the purpose of safety, therefore, in the practical application the strength of LWA concrete at the plastic flow plateau stage should be regarded as the ultimate strength under multi-axial compressive stress state. With consideration of the strength criterion, the ultimate strength surface of LWA concrete under multi-axial stress intersects with the hydrostatic stress axis at two different points, which is completely different from that of the normal weight concrete as that the ultimate strength surface is open-ended. As a result, the strength criteria aimed at normal weight concrete do not fit LWA concrete. In the present paper, a multi-axial strength criterion for LWA concrete is proposed based on the Unified Twin-Shear Strength (UTSS) theory developed by Prof Yu (Yu et al. 1992), which takes into account the above strength characteristics of LWA under high compressive stress level. In this strength criterion model, the tensile and compressive meridians as well as the ultimate strength envelopes in deviatoric plane under different hydrostatic stress are established just in terms of a few characteristic stress states, i.e., the uniaxial tensile strength $f_t$, the uniaxial compressive strength $f_c$, and the equibiaxial compressive $f_{bc}$. The developed model was confirmed to agree well with experimental data under different stress ratios of LWA concrete.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
• /
• 제17권1호
• /
• pp.47-56
• /
• 2019

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.