Author:
Chen Feng,Du Jinyang,Tang Chun’an,Du Yanhong,Pan Yishan
Abstract
AbstractWe carried out uniaxial compression tests on brittle red sandstone with different heights. The test results show that the uniaxial compressive strength of rock sample increases first and then tends to be stable with the increase of the size, which is approximately stable between 75 and 81 MPa. Both elastic energy and dissipated energy increase with the increase of rock sample size. In order to further analyze the mechanism behind these phenomena, we combined advanced numerical simulation and theoretical analysis to explain these phenomena, and systematically analyzed the end face effect as one of the key factors affecting the uniaxial compression characteristics of brittle red sandstone for the first time. Small sized rock samples are very sensitive to end effect. The middle of the large sized rock samples is in a uniform compression state, and the effect of end effect is weakend. When there are rigid pads at both ends of the rock sample, there is an obvious elastic vertebral body during the loading process of the rock sample. The bearing capacity of rock samples with rigid pads is greater than that of rock samples without rigid pads, and the energy released during instantaneous failure of rock samples without rigid pads is greater than that of rock samples with rigid pads. The findings of this paper make a valuable contribution to establishing optimal study sample sizes and advancing the utilization of laboratory test mechanics parameters in engineering applications.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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