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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (05): 943-955.

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Research on the Weakening Mechanism of the Mechanical Behavior for the Granite in the Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Under the Condition of Freezing-Thawing Cycles

GUO Changbao1,2(), ZHOU Jiazuo3,4, LIU Xiaoyi1, REN Sanshao1, WU Rui’an1   

  1. 1. Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Beijing 100081, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Neotectonic Movement and Geohazard, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing 100081, China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Wuhan,Hubei 430071, China
    4. State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan,Hubei 430071, China
  • Received:2016-10-12 Revised:2017-06-10 Online:2017-10-10 Published:2017-11-06

Abstract:

The granite in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was tested by the freezing-thawing-cyclic testing, and the damage trend of rock during freezing and thawing was analyzed by the wave velocity testing and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The testing results showed that as the number of freezing-thawing cycles increased, the inner damage degree increased and the wave velocity decreased obviously. The T2 distribution and development of NMR implied that the range of the size of cracks in the more weathered rock samples became wider due to freezing-thawing cycles, while the size of the cracks in the less weathered samples is more concentrative. The samples which were tested by freezing and thawing were then tested on triaxial testing apparatus. The testing results showed that the uniaxial compressive strength and the elastic modulus decreased as the number of freezing-thawing cycles increased, but the Poisson’s ratio and internal friction angle varied randomly. Based on the testing data and theoretical analysis, a freezing-thawing-damage constitutive model was presented, which can be used for simulating and predicting the overall variation of stress and strain of rocks.

Key words: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, granite, freezing-thawing cycle, damage constitutive model

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