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Mechanical behaviour and failure modes of high-temperature jointed granite based on DIC and AE Technology

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The stability of rock masses in deep underground engineering is always a key issue in geotechnical engineering. However, it is difficult to describe the strength and deformation characteristics of fractured rock masses using the mechanical behavior of intact rocks. The study on the mechanical properties and failure modes of high-temperature jointed rock mass is significant. In this paper, Shandong granite (in China) was taken as the research object. Fracture at different angles were prefabricated at the centre of the rock sample to simulate the echelon joints in rock. the evolution of the strain field and the process of crack initiation, development, and coalescencein the process of uniaxial compression tests were recorded and analysed by digital image correlation (DIC) and acoustic emission (AE) techniques. The results show that the crack starts from the tip of the joint and develops along a certain angle from the top or bottom of the specimen when the echelon jointed granite is subjected to external loads, and the specimen is destroyed when a through-crack is formed. The crack morphology is primarily tensile and shear cracking. When the prefabricated joints are at 30° and 45°, the specimen failure is the result of the joint action of tensile and shear failure. When the prefabricated joint angle is 60°, the tensile failure of the specimen mainly occurs, and the minor shear failure is supplemented.

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    The failure forms of echeloned jointed granite are mainly shear failure and tensile failure.

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    For echelon joint granite, When the angle of joint is 30° and 45°, tensile failure and shear failure act together, and when the angle is 60°, it is mainly tensile failure.

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    The destruction of high-temperature jointed granite is caused by thermal stress and external force.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41972288; No. 4210021463) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.2020M673443) and the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Cultivation Program of Xi’an University of Science and Technology.

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  1. College of Geology and Environment, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Shaanxi, 710054, Xi’an, China

    Tian Yang, Qiang Sun & Zhenlong Ge

  2. Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Geological Support for Coal Green Exploitation, 710054, Xi’an, China

    Tian Yang & Zhenlong Ge

  3. Geological Research Institute for Coal Green Mining, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, 710054, Xi’an, China

    Qiang Sun

  4. Key Laboratory of Coal Resources Exploration and Comprehensive Utilization, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing, China

    Qiang Sun

  5. School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Fei Zhao

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Yang, T., Sun, Q., Zhao, F. et al. Mechanical behaviour and failure modes of high-temperature jointed granite based on DIC and AE Technology. Geomech. Geophys. Geo-energ. Geo-resour. 8, 86 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-022-00402-5

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