{"title":"Cyclic fatigue responses of double fissure-contained marble: Insights from mechanical responses, energy conversion and hysteresis characteristics","authors":"Yu Wang , Linlin Chen , Yunfeng Wu , Xuefeng Yi","doi":"10.1016/j.tafmec.2024.104750","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The intermittent fissures are widely distributed in rock mass, rock bridge segment among the fissures are crucial to the mechanical properties and stability of rock mass. The static mechanical behaviors of fissure-contained rock were well understood, yet the fatigue mechanical properties were poorly investigated. This work aims to reveal the influence of rock bridge length on rock mechanical responses, energy dissipation and hysteresis characteristics in lab-scale. Marble samples with rock bridge length (RBL) of 10, 20, 30, and 40 mm were prefabricated as parallel pattern, and they are subjected to multi-level fatigue loading paths. Testing results show that the rock bridge between the fissures resists rock deformation and the terminal volumetric strain decreases with increasing RBL. In addition, the hysteresis energy density and damage evolution are influenced by the rock bridge length. The strain energy density development aligns with deformation pattern results. Deterioration in the rock bridge structure causes reduced capacity and higher energy consumption. More energy is required to drive damage progression and crack connectivity in rocks with a larger RBL. Ultimately, two hysteresis indices are introduced to characterize fatigue damage evolution. These indices exhibit nearly opposing trends throughout the loading process. It is proposed that extending the rock bridge length results in a roughly linear trend for both hysteresis indices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22879,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 104750"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","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/S0167844224005007","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 intermittent fissures are widely distributed in rock mass, rock bridge segment among the fissures are crucial to the mechanical properties and stability of rock mass. The static mechanical behaviors of fissure-contained rock were well understood, yet the fatigue mechanical properties were poorly investigated. This work aims to reveal the influence of rock bridge length on rock mechanical responses, energy dissipation and hysteresis characteristics in lab-scale. Marble samples with rock bridge length (RBL) of 10, 20, 30, and 40 mm were prefabricated as parallel pattern, and they are subjected to multi-level fatigue loading paths. Testing results show that the rock bridge between the fissures resists rock deformation and the terminal volumetric strain decreases with increasing RBL. In addition, the hysteresis energy density and damage evolution are influenced by the rock bridge length. The strain energy density development aligns with deformation pattern results. Deterioration in the rock bridge structure causes reduced capacity and higher energy consumption. More energy is required to drive damage progression and crack connectivity in rocks with a larger RBL. Ultimately, two hysteresis indices are introduced to characterize fatigue damage evolution. These indices exhibit nearly opposing trends throughout the loading process. It is proposed that extending the rock bridge length results in a roughly linear trend for both hysteresis indices.
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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.