{"title":"Analysis of the fracture response of anchored rock under three-point bending from experimental and numerical perspectives","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.tafmec.2024.104692","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The stability and bearing capacity of fractured surrounding rock in underground engineering are affected by the support conditions. In this study, an anchored rock unit was selected as an object for fracture mechanics three-point bending tests by varying the anchorage position. The results showed that the fracture toughness (<em>K</em><sub>IC</sub>) of the anchored specimens showed a decreasing trend with the increase in the distance of the bolt center from the crack tip (<em>D</em><sub>a</sub>), while exhibiting an increase of 21.18 ∼ 135.32 % in comparison to the unanchored specimens. The change in axial force of the bolt with time can be classified into three stages: initial change, significant elevation, and liner increase. Besides, the sensitivity of the anchored specimens to the crack opening distance was significantly reduced and the ultimate tensile strains were commonly larger than the unanchored. Meanwhile, a numerical model consistent with the properties of the medium was developed using the PFC-FLAC coupling method. The simulation results show that the anchorage position and preload influence the mechanical parameters such as <em>K</em><sub>IC</sub> and the bolt-enhanced fracture energy (<em>G</em><sub>b</sub>), while improving the stress concentration phenomenon at the crack tip.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22879,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167844224004427","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The stability and bearing capacity of fractured surrounding rock in underground engineering are affected by the support conditions. In this study, an anchored rock unit was selected as an object for fracture mechanics three-point bending tests by varying the anchorage position. The results showed that the fracture toughness (KIC) of the anchored specimens showed a decreasing trend with the increase in the distance of the bolt center from the crack tip (Da), while exhibiting an increase of 21.18 ∼ 135.32 % in comparison to the unanchored specimens. The change in axial force of the bolt with time can be classified into three stages: initial change, significant elevation, and liner increase. Besides, the sensitivity of the anchored specimens to the crack opening distance was significantly reduced and the ultimate tensile strains were commonly larger than the unanchored. Meanwhile, a numerical model consistent with the properties of the medium was developed using the PFC-FLAC coupling method. The simulation results show that the anchorage position and preload influence the mechanical parameters such as KIC and the bolt-enhanced fracture energy (Gb), while improving the stress concentration phenomenon at the crack tip.
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Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics'' aims & scopes have been re-designed to cover both the theoretical, applied, and numerical aspects associated with those cracking related phenomena taking place, at a micro-, meso-, and macroscopic level, in materials/components/structures of any kind.
The journal aims to cover the cracking/mechanical behaviour of materials/components/structures in those situations involving both time-independent and time-dependent system of external forces/moments (such as, for instance, quasi-static, impulsive, impact, blasting, creep, contact, and fatigue loading). Since, under the above circumstances, the mechanical behaviour of cracked materials/components/structures is also affected by the environmental conditions, the journal would consider also those theoretical/experimental research works investigating the effect of external variables such as, for instance, the effect of corrosive environments as well as of high/low-temperature.