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- Title
Strength and failure characteristics of jointed marble under true triaxial compression.
- Authors
Gao, Yaohui; Feng, Xia-Ting; Wang, Zhaofeng; Zhang, Xiwei
- Abstract
The rock structure and three-dimensional stress state play a vital role in the mechanical behaviour of rock masses. Here, a series of true triaxial compression tests (σ1 > σ2 > σ3) are conducted on jointed marble (50 × 50 × 100 mm3) containing a natural stiff joint, taken from the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL-II) project. The purposes of this study are to investigate the joint effect and estimate the stress dependency of jointed marble. The test results show that jointed marble can fail in four distinct forms, namely, splitting or shearing of intact marble, opening of the joint or sliding along the joint, and these failure modes are influenced by the joint configuration and the minimum and intermediate principal stresses. Generally, jointed marble has more brittle post-peak behaviour than intact marble. The linear Mogi-Coulomb failure criterion can be modified to describe the strength of the jointed marble under true triaxial compression. The jointed marble strength is more sensitive to the minimum principal stress than to the intermediate principal stress. A maximum decline of 25% in strength is observed, which corresponds to a joint dip angle of 60° at σ2 = 60 MPa and σ3 = 30 MPa. The link between the experimental results and in situ fracturing at CJPL-II is also demonstrated.
- Subjects
MARBLE; FAILURE mode &; effects analysis; SILT; MARBLE sculpture
- Publication
Bulletin of Engineering Geology & the Environment, 2020, Vol 79, Issue 2, p891
- ISSN
1435-9529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10064-019-01610-2