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Shear failure and mechanical behaviors of granite with discontinuous joints under dynamic disturbance: laboratory tests and numerical simulation

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To investigate the fracture mechanical behavior and failure mechanism of jointed rock mass under compression and shear load. Conventional shear tests and shear tests under normal disturbances were conducted using an electro-hydraulic servo-motor loading system. Meanwhile, the discrete-element program particle flow code was adopted to establish a numerical shear model, and to discuss the microscopic deterioration characteristics and energy dissipation mechanism during shear fracture of rocks with discontinuous joints under joint action of normal static loads and dynamic disturbance. Compared with the conventional shear tests, shear test results under normal disturbances show the following specificities in terms of their macroscopic and microscopic mechanical properties as well as energy evolution: (1) frequent dynamic disturbances accelerate the non-steady fracture process of jointed rock samples and promote occurrence of the weakening effect of shear fracture. (2) The step-like abrupt increase in micro-cracks becomes more obvious before reaching the peak shear stress. (3) The energy-storage capacity and failure resistance of the rocks are weakened. The research results are of great significance for further understanding the dynamic catastrophe effect of deep rock mass.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51979208), the Shaoxing Science and Technology Plan Project (Grant No. 2022A13003), the China Scholarship Council Project (to the first author, Grant No. 202206950050), the Hubei Key Laboratory of Roadway Bridge and Structure Engineering (Grant No. DQJJ202104), and the National Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (Grant No. 2020CFA102).

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    Hangli Gong, Yi Luo, Tingting Liu & Xinping Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Safety of Hubei Province, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Gang Wang & Xiqi Liu

  3. Hubei Key Laboratory of Roadway Bridge and Structure Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Hangli Gong, Gang Wang, Yi Luo, Tingting Liu & Xinping Li

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore

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Gong, H., Wang, G., Luo, Y. et al. Shear failure and mechanical behaviors of granite with discontinuous joints under dynamic disturbance: laboratory tests and numerical simulation. Archiv.Civ.Mech.Eng 23, 171 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-023-00712-9

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