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Experimental study on the effect of repeated cold and heat on the tensile strength of granite

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To investigate the effect of high temperature-water cooling repeated impact action on the tensile mechanical properties of granite, Brazilian splitting tests are conducted on granite discs after repeated treatment with high temperature water cooling on specimens from 250 to 650 °C, the load–displacement curves, tensile strength, average stiffness, crack evolution and damage modes of the specimens are investigated in relation to the temperature and the number of cold and hot treatments, and finally the damage mechanism of granite specimens after repeated high temperature-water cooling is discussed from microstructural changes. The test results show that with the increase of temperature and hot and cold treatment times, the brittleness of granite specimens after the peak decreases, the plasticity increases, the tensile strength, the average stiffness and the cracking load show an overall decreasing trend, and the location of crack budding shifts from the two ends of the specimen to the middle, the main crack transforms from linear to curved and wavy, and the opening of the main crack gradually increases, the number of secondary cracks gradually increases, and the fracture surface transforms from smooth to granular structure.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (52174218); Xuzhou Frontier Leading Technology Basic research Project (KC21006); Jiangsu Province Construction system science and technology Project (2020ZD31); Youth Doctoral Fund Project of Jiangsu Building Energy Conservation and Construction Technology Collaborative Innovation Center (SJXTB2130);Science and Technology Talent Project for Higher Education Institutions in Guizhou Province (Qian jiao he KY word [2020] 041); Excellent Teaching Team of Road and Bridge Engineering Technology of Jiangsu University “Youth and Blue Project” (Su Teacher Letter [2021] No. 11).

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  1. JiangsuVocational Institute of Architectural Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, China

    Dong Zhu, Leigang Miao & Huiwu Jin

  2. Gui Zhou University of Engineering Science, Bijie, 551700, Guizhou, China

    Yuqing Fan

  3. JiangSu Collaborative Innovation Center for Building Energy Saving and Construction Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, China

    Dong Zhu

  4. China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, China

    Hongwen Jing & Xiaofei Liu

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Conceptualization, DZ and YF; methodology, DZ and HJ; data curation, DZ, WJ and XL; experimental work DZ, XL and GM; writing—review and editing, DZ and YF.

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Zhu, D., Fan, Y., Jing, H. et al. Experimental study on the effect of repeated cold and heat on the tensile strength of granite. Environ Earth Sci 82, 187 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10870-x

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