Investigation of Damage and Creep for Bedding’s Carbonaceous Slate with Chemical Erosion Effect
Tunnel projects in the southwestern mountainous area of China are in full swing. According to the tunnel burial depth, structural characteristics, and chemical erosion environments of the Lixiang railway tunnel, carbonaceous slate specimens obtained in the field were taken to experimentally investig...
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| description | Tunnel projects in the southwestern mountainous area of China are in full swing. According to the tunnel burial depth, structural characteristics, and chemical erosion environments of the Lixiang railway tunnel, carbonaceous slate specimens obtained in the field were taken to experimentally investigate the physical, mechanical, and creep characteristics of the bedding’s slate specimens after chemical erosion. The results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicate that chemical erosion leads to internal damage in the carbonaceous slate specimens, and the internal damages are increasing with the increase of erosion days. Moreover, the specimens’ ultrasonic test (UT) results prove that specimens with smaller bedding angles suffer a more serious erosion and induce more internal cracks. Under conventional triaxial compression conditions with 40 MPa of confining pressures, the conventional triaxial compressive strength (σ<sub>s</sub>) decreases with the decrease of the bedding angle and the increase of erosion days, and the failure modes of the specimens are mainly controlled by oblique shear fractures and accompanied by the occurrence of slip dislocation fractures between the bedding inclination. Under creep conditions with 40 MPa of confining pressures, the final deformations of specimens are increasing with the increase of erosion days, which means the longer the erosion days, the greater the deformations. The failure modes of the specimens under creep conditions are controlled by shear fractures, and for the specimen with a 60° bedding angle and long-term erosion, there are block separations and many cavities along the shear planes. Therefore, more attention should be paid to prevent serious failure of the surrounding rock if the surrounding rock has a bedding angle of 60° or suffers long-term erosion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a12372808274503a35bec03a1ddfd252023-11-18T20:18:57ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442023-07-011614516310.3390/ma16145163Investigation of Damage and Creep for Bedding’s Carbonaceous Slate with Chemical Erosion EffectWeihao Zeng0Zhenghong Chen1Yunpeng Xie2Qiunan Chen3School of Civil Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, ChinaResearch Center of Geotechnical and Structural Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, ChinaTunnel projects in the southwestern mountainous area of China are in full swing. According to the tunnel burial depth, structural characteristics, and chemical erosion environments of the Lixiang railway tunnel, carbonaceous slate specimens obtained in the field were taken to experimentally investigate the physical, mechanical, and creep characteristics of the bedding’s slate specimens after chemical erosion. The results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicate that chemical erosion leads to internal damage in the carbonaceous slate specimens, and the internal damages are increasing with the increase of erosion days. Moreover, the specimens’ ultrasonic test (UT) results prove that specimens with smaller bedding angles suffer a more serious erosion and induce more internal cracks. Under conventional triaxial compression conditions with 40 MPa of confining pressures, the conventional triaxial compressive strength (σ<sub>s</sub>) decreases with the decrease of the bedding angle and the increase of erosion days, and the failure modes of the specimens are mainly controlled by oblique shear fractures and accompanied by the occurrence of slip dislocation fractures between the bedding inclination. Under creep conditions with 40 MPa of confining pressures, the final deformations of specimens are increasing with the increase of erosion days, which means the longer the erosion days, the greater the deformations. The failure modes of the specimens under creep conditions are controlled by shear fractures, and for the specimen with a 60° bedding angle and long-term erosion, there are block separations and many cavities along the shear planes. Therefore, more attention should be paid to prevent serious failure of the surrounding rock if the surrounding rock has a bedding angle of 60° or suffers long-term erosion.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/14/5163carbonaceous slatebedding anglechemical erosioncreep characteristic |
| spellingShingle | Weihao Zeng Zhenghong Chen Yunpeng Xie Qiunan Chen Investigation of Damage and Creep for Bedding’s Carbonaceous Slate with Chemical Erosion Effect Materials carbonaceous slate bedding angle chemical erosion creep characteristic |
| title | Investigation of Damage and Creep for Bedding’s Carbonaceous Slate with Chemical Erosion Effect |
| title_full | Investigation of Damage and Creep for Bedding’s Carbonaceous Slate with Chemical Erosion Effect |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of Damage and Creep for Bedding’s Carbonaceous Slate with Chemical Erosion Effect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of Damage and Creep for Bedding’s Carbonaceous Slate with Chemical Erosion Effect |
| title_short | Investigation of Damage and Creep for Bedding’s Carbonaceous Slate with Chemical Erosion Effect |
| title_sort | investigation of damage and creep for bedding s carbonaceous slate with chemical erosion effect |
| topic | carbonaceous slate bedding angle chemical erosion creep characteristic |
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