Abstract
A rock mass often contains joints filled with a viscoelastic medium of which seismic response is significant to geophysical exploration and seismic engineering design. Using the propagator matrix method, an analytical model was established to characterize the seismic response of viscoelastic filled joints. Stress wave propagation through a single joint highly depended on the water content and thickness of the filling as well as the frequency and incident angle of the incident wave. The increase in the water content enhanced the viscosity (depicted by quality factor) of the filled joint, which could promote equivalent joint stiffness and energy dissipation with double effects on stress wave propagation. There existed multiple reflections when the stress wave propagated through a set of filled joints. The dimensionless joint spacing was the main controlling factor in the seismic response of the multiple filled joints. As it increased, the transmission coefficient first increased, then it decreased instead, and at last it basically kept invariant. The effect of multiple reflections was weakened by increasing the water content, which further influenced the variation of the transmission coefficient. The water content of the joint filling should be paid more attention in practical applications.
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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