Effect of holes on in-plane shear(Mode Ⅱ) crack sub-critical propagation of rock

Shear-box(i.e.compression-shear) test and newly designed electrically conductive adhesive method were used to measure shear crack sub-critical propagation time and rate of sandstone specimen.Different cubic specimens with and without holes were tested to study the effect of holes on the shear crack sub-critical propagation.Numerical and experimental results show that three independent variables of hole,the interval distance S,the distance between the center of hole and the crack tip L,and hole radius R,have different contribution to the ratio of stress intensity factor of the specimen with holes to that of the specimen without hole,KⅡ/KⅡ0.Increasing S and decreasing L and R will result in the decrease of KⅡ/KⅡ0 and help crack arrest.The weight relation of the independent variables for KⅡ/KⅡ0 is S>L>R.The specimen DH3 with the largest value of S and the smallest values of L and R has the longest sub-critical crack propagation time and the smallest sub-critical crack propagation rate.Adding two suitable holes symmetrically to the original crack plane in rock specimen is considered to be a potential method for crack arrest of rock.     

脆性岩石高温剪切（Ⅱ型）断裂的微观机理

采用剪切盒和扫描电镜实验研究脆性岩石的高温剪切(Ⅱ型)断裂特征及微观机理,并通过密度、单轴压缩实验研究岩石高温的物性和力学性能.实验表明:在高温加载下,胶结物材料的干脱和岩石内部微裂纹的形成、发育,这两种因素共同影响着岩石的弹性模量、抗压强度、断裂峰值荷载,前者占主导地位起强化作用,后者占主导地位起弱化作用,临界温度为250℃.在高温剪切盒加载下,岩石发生沿原裂纹面断裂破坏,裂纹核随着温度增加而增大,断口多为穿晶断裂.晶面上具有多而密的平行线条纹和较多的岩屑等典型的剪切破坏特征,表明岩石破坏为剪切断裂(Ⅱ型).