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Effect of Different Cooling Treatments on the Tensile Properties and Fracture Modes of Granite Heated at Different Temperatures

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Brazilian tests and 3D fracture surface measurements were carried out on granite subjected to different temperatures (25, 100, 200, 300, and 400 °C) followed by different cooling treatments (water cooling and liquid nitrogen cooling treatments). The tensile strength, peak displacement, failure mode, and fracture surface roughness of granite were compared and analyzed. The energy absorption and fracture modes during failure processes were analyzed based on cumulative acoustic emission energy, rise angle (RA), average frequency (AF), and cluster analysis. The results show that the variations in tensile properties can be divided into two temperature zones (25–100 °C and 100–400 °C) for granite after water cooling and three temperature zones (25–100 °C, 100–200 °C, and 200–400 °C) for granite after liquid nitrogen cooling. There was a turning point temperature in the temperature range of 100–200 °C due to the relative heat transfer capacity between liquid nitrogen and water. Below the turning point temperature, the tensile property deterioration after liquid nitrogen cooling was greater than that after water cooling. Above the turning point temperature, the tensile property deterioration after liquid nitrogen cooling was less than that after water cooling due to the Leidenfrost effect. When the temperature was > 200 °C, the liquid nitrogen cooling treatment resulted in more shear crack or mixed crack propagation during the failure process of granite, which promoted an increase in the fracture surface roughness.

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This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51827901) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2020YFA0711800).

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    Chunbo Zhou, Feng Gao, Chengzheng Cai, Zekai Wang, Liupeng Huo & Yun Bai

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Zhou, C., Gao, F., Cai, C. et al. Effect of Different Cooling Treatments on the Tensile Properties and Fracture Modes of Granite Heated at Different Temperatures. Nat Resour Res 31, 817–833 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-022-10027-w

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