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Study on Dynamic Tensile Strength of Red Sandstone Under Impact Loading and Negative Temperature

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In western China, red sandstone is widely distributed. This type of rock is susceptible to generate cracks after being disturbed, and thus becomes a communication channel for groundwater, which poses a great hidden danger in Engineering, such as shaft and tunnel construction. To solve this problem, artificial freezing method is applied to underground engineering. This article focuses on the dynamic tensile strength of red sandstone (RS) at negative temperatures. According to the actual freezing temperature in the site, the temperature range was set to − 5, − 10, − 20 °C in the test, and the rock at normal temperature was set as a control group. The results show that the tensile strength of RS at temperatures below zero is significantly greater than the tensile strength of rock at normal temperature, and − 10 °C is a turning point of rock strength. In order to reveal the mechanism of this change, the scanning electron microscopic (SEM) technique was used to observe the rock fragments after the rock rupture. It is found that the rock fracture patterns are closely related to the rock cement property and its environmental temperature.

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Abbreviations

BD:

Brazilian disc

SHPB:

Split Hopkinson pressure bar

RS:

Red sandstone

FRS:

Frozen red sandstone

SEM:

Scanning electron microscope

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

P-wave:

Longitudinal wave

ε in :

Incident wave strain

ε tr :

Transmitted wave strain

ε re :

Reflected wave strain

A b :

Cross-section area of SHPB bar

E b :

Young’s moduli of aluminum alloy

C b :

Elastic wave velocity of aluminum alloy

P :

Maximum value of the quasi-static force

P 1 :

Front end of specimen

P 2 :

Rear end of specimen

π :

Circular constant

D :

Diameter of the specimen

B :

Thickness of the lspecimen

σ t :

Quasi-static tensile strength

σ t(t):

Dynamic tensile strength

\(\dot{\sigma }\) :

Loading rate

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The authors sincerely thank the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0600903), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51774287) for their financial supports

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Geo-mechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, 100083, China

    Renshu Yang & Dongming Guo

  2. School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, 100083, China

    Shizheng Fang, Dongming Guo, Weiyu Li & Zhuangzhuang Mi

  3. School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Renshu Yang

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Yang, R., Fang, S., Guo, D. et al. Study on Dynamic Tensile Strength of Red Sandstone Under Impact Loading and Negative Temperature. Geotech Geol Eng 37, 4527–4537 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-019-00927-9

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