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Evolution Process of Natural Rock Joint Roughness during Direct Shear Tests
Surface roughness is one of the most important parameters that have significant influence on the mechanical and hydraulic characteristics of rock joints. To investigate the evolution of surface roughness under normal and shear loads, direct shear tests and numerical modeling based on the discrete-element method (DEM) were performed; bright area percentage (BAP), which places emphasis on the contact areas, was used as an index to describe the roughness. The results demonstrate that the surface roughness of rock joints decreased gradually as the shear displacement increased, and then roughness experienced a significant reduction in the residual stage and remained constant. Furthermore, the evolution of surface roughness was found to depend on the normal stress and shearing direction. Reduction in the degree of joint roughness with high normal loads was lighter than that with lower normal loads, and roughness varied with shear directions. The numerical simulation method proposed in this study has the potential to track the changes in roughness during the shearing process, and a good match was achieved with the experimental results.
Evolution Process of Natural Rock Joint Roughness during Direct Shear Tests
Surface roughness is one of the most important parameters that have significant influence on the mechanical and hydraulic characteristics of rock joints. To investigate the evolution of surface roughness under normal and shear loads, direct shear tests and numerical modeling based on the discrete-element method (DEM) were performed; bright area percentage (BAP), which places emphasis on the contact areas, was used as an index to describe the roughness. The results demonstrate that the surface roughness of rock joints decreased gradually as the shear displacement increased, and then roughness experienced a significant reduction in the residual stage and remained constant. Furthermore, the evolution of surface roughness was found to depend on the normal stress and shearing direction. Reduction in the degree of joint roughness with high normal loads was lighter than that with lower normal loads, and roughness varied with shear directions. The numerical simulation method proposed in this study has the potential to track the changes in roughness during the shearing process, and a good match was achieved with the experimental results.
Evolution Process of Natural Rock Joint Roughness during Direct Shear Tests
Ge, Yunfeng (author) / Tang, Huiming (author) / Ez Eldin, M. A. M. (author) / Wang, Liangqing (author) / Wu, Qiong (author) / Xiong, Chengren (author)
2016-08-16
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