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Strain energy evolution of penetrative rock joints under shear loading |
GE Yunfeng1,TANG Huiming1,WANG Liangqing1,XIONG Chengren2,ZHANG Shen1,WANG Dingjian1 |
(1. Faculty of Engineering,China University of Geosciences,Wuhan,Hubei 430074,China;2. Three Gorges Research Center for Geo-hazard,Ministry of Education,China University of Geosciences,Wuhan,Hubei 430074,China) |
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Abstract The strain energy evolution of penetrative rock joints under shear loading was investigated to better understand the mechanical behavior of rock mass. To effectively investigate the stability of rock mass,laboratory direct shear tests and numerical simulation on rock joint samples collected from the Jiweishan landslide at Wulong in Chongqing were conducted to obtain the strain energy evolution during the shear failure. Energy accumulation was found to mainly occur on the surface of penetrative rock joints,wherein the areas within rock joints facing the shear direction had higher strain energy and contributed more to the resistance of shear failure. Energy absorption happened with the increasing of elastic strain energy before the shear stress reaching the peak value. When the peak shear stress was reached,those tiny contacting places were damaged and the energy accumulated was translated into the energy liberation associated with the decreasing of the elastic strain energy. Additionally,the energy evolution varied from places to places. The friction may occur repeatedly in the center of the rock joint,accordingly,the energy absorption and liberation may take place alternately. Numerical simulated results matched well with the temperature distribution obtained through infrared thermal imaging,which indicated that the numerical simulation method used to estimate the energy evolution in this paper was accurate and reliable.
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