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Statistical Damage Shear Constitutive Model of Rock Joints Under Seepage Pressure

Shijie Xie, Hang Lin, Yifan Chen, Yixian Wang, Rihong Cao, Jiangteng Li

2020Frontiers in Earth Science28 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The constitutive relation of rock joints in the percolation environment has always been a frontier research topic in the field of geotechnical engineering, involving nuclear waste disposal, dam foundation construction, tunnel tunneling and other fields. In this paper, a shear statistical damage constitutive model of rock joints considering seepage pressure was proposed, which takes into account the statistical damage, phase deformation characteristics and seepage action in the process of joint shear deformation. By introducing the seepage pressure reduction coefficient and establishing the relationship between the model parameters and the seepage pressure, the prediction of joint shear stress-displacement curves under different seepage pressures was achieved. The comprehensive comparisons between the theoretical results and the experimental results shows that the model can accurately reflect the shear deformation law of joints and reasonably simulate the shear stress-displacement relationship of joints. And ultimately, the physical significance of the model parameters and their relationship with shear strength characteristics are discussed via the grey correlation method.

Topics & Concepts

Geotechnical engineeringGeologyConstitutive equationShear (geology)Joint (building)Shear strength (soil)Overburden pressureDeformation (meteorology)Shear stressDirect shear testTriaxial shear testFinite element methodMaterials scienceStructural engineeringEngineeringPetrologyComposite materialSoil scienceSoil waterOceanographyRock Mechanics and ModelingLandslides and related hazardsGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis