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A unique time-dependent deformation behavior of coral reef limestone
Catastrophic failure in engineering structures of island reefs would occur when the tertiary creep initiates in coral reef limestone with a transition from short-to long-term load. Due to the complexity of biological structures, the underlying micro-behaviors involving time-dependent deformation are poorly understood. For this, an abnormal phenomenon was observed where the axial and lateral creep deformations were mutually independent by a series of triaxial tests under constant stress and strain rate conditions. The significantly large lateral creep deformation implies that the creep process cannot be described in continuum mechanics regime. Herein, it is hypothesized that sliding mechanism of crystal cleavages dominates the lateral creep deformation in coral reef limestone. Then, approaches of polarizing microscope (PM) and scanning electronic microscope (SEM) are utilized to validate the hypothesis. It shows that the sliding behavior of crystal cleavages combats with conventional creep micro-mechanisms at certain condition. The former is sensitive to time and strain rate, and is merely activated in the creep regime.
A unique time-dependent deformation behavior of coral reef limestone
Catastrophic failure in engineering structures of island reefs would occur when the tertiary creep initiates in coral reef limestone with a transition from short-to long-term load. Due to the complexity of biological structures, the underlying micro-behaviors involving time-dependent deformation are poorly understood. For this, an abnormal phenomenon was observed where the axial and lateral creep deformations were mutually independent by a series of triaxial tests under constant stress and strain rate conditions. The significantly large lateral creep deformation implies that the creep process cannot be described in continuum mechanics regime. Herein, it is hypothesized that sliding mechanism of crystal cleavages dominates the lateral creep deformation in coral reef limestone. Then, approaches of polarizing microscope (PM) and scanning electronic microscope (SEM) are utilized to validate the hypothesis. It shows that the sliding behavior of crystal cleavages combats with conventional creep micro-mechanisms at certain condition. The former is sensitive to time and strain rate, and is merely activated in the creep regime.
A unique time-dependent deformation behavior of coral reef limestone
Kai Wu (author) / Qingshan Meng (author) / Le Luo (author) / Qinglong Qin (author) / Chi Wang (author) / Xinzhi Wang (author) / Tianli Shen (author) / Haozhen Ding (author)
2025
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