Effect of normal stress on the ideal shear strength in covalent crystals

2008 ◽  
Vol 77 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshitaka Umeno ◽  
Miroslav Černý
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
The Ideal

Shear strength and dilative characteristics of an unsaturated compacted completely decomposed granite soil

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1112-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Akhtar Hossain ◽  
Jian-Hua Yin
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Matric Suction ◽  
Water Retention Curve ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Normal Stresses ◽  
Soil Water Retention Curve ◽  
Strength Data ◽  
Decomposed Granite ◽  
Completely Decomposed Granite

Shear strength and dilative characteristics of a re-compacted completely decomposed granite (CDG) soil are studied by performing a series of single-stage consolidated drained direct shear tests under different matric suctions and net normal stresses. The axis-translation technique is applied to control the pore-water and pore-air pressures. A soil-water retention curve (SWRC) is obtained for the CDG soil from the equilibrium water content corresponding to each applied matric suction value for zero net normal stress using a modified direct shear apparatus. Shear strength increases with matric suction and net normal stress, and the failure envelope is observed to be linear. The apparent angle of internal friction and cohesion intercept increase with matric suction. A greater dilation angle is found at higher suctions with lower net normal stresses, while lower or zero dilation angles are observed under higher net normal stresses with lower suctions, also at a saturated condition. Experimental shear strength data are compared with the analytical shear strength results obtained from a previously modified model considering the SWRC, effective shear strength parameters, and analytical dilation angles. The experimental shear strength data are slightly higher than the analytical results under higher net normal stresses in a higher suction range.

The Temperature-Dependent Ideal Shear Strength of Solid Single Crystals

2018 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianbao Cheng ◽  
Daining Fang ◽  
Yazheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Melting Point ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Absolute Zero ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Ideal

Knowledge of the ideal shear strength of solid single crystals is of fundamental importance. However, it is very hard to determine this quantity at finite temperatures. In this work, a theoretical model for the temperature-dependent ideal shear strength of solid single crystals is established in the view of energy. To test the drawn model, the ideal shear properties of Al, Cu, and Ni single crystals are calculated and compared with that existing in the literature. The study shows that the ideal shear strength first remains approximately constant and then decreases almost linearly as temperature changes from absolute zero to melting point. As an example of application, the “brittleness parameter” of solids at elevated temperatures is quantitatively characterized for the first time.

scholarly journals Numerical Analysis for the Progressive Failure of Binary-Medium Interface under Shearing

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rihong Cao ◽  
Wenyu Tang ◽  
Hang Lin ◽  
Xiang Fan
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Bond Strength ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Strength Ratio ◽  
Normal Stresses ◽  
Stress Increase ◽  
Tensile Cracks ◽  
Medium Interface ◽  
High Bond ◽  
High Bond Strength

Binary-medium specimens were fabricated using the particle flow code, and the shear strength, dilatancy, and failure behavior of the binary-medium specimens with different bond strength ratios (0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0) under different normal stresses were studied. Numerical results show that the bond strength ratio and normal stresses considerably influence the shear strengths of binary-medium interface. Shear strength increases as the bond strength ratio and normal stress increase. The dilation of interfaces with high bond strength ratios is more evident than those of interfaces with lower bond strength ratios, and the curves for the high bond strength ratio exhibit remarkable fluctuations during the residual stage. At increased normal stress and bond strength ratio, the peak dilation angle shows decreasing and increasing trends successively. In this study, the specimens exhibited three kinds of failure modes. In mode II, the sawtooth experienced shear failure, but some tensile cracks appeared on the interface of the binary-medium. In mode III, no sawtooth was cut off, indicating tensile failure on the interface. At a low bond strength ratio, damage or failure is mostly concentrated in the upper part of the model. Failure parts gradually transfer to the lower part of the model when the bond strength ratio and normal stress increase. Furthermore, evident tensile cracks occur on the interface. When the bond strength ratio reaches 1.0, the failure mode of the specimen gradually transforms from sheared-off failure to chip-off failure. The number of microcracks in the specimens indicates that the lower the bond strength ratio, the more severe the damage on the specimens.

scholarly journals Effect of Rock Particle Content on the Mechanical Behavior of a Soil-Rock Mixture (SRM) via Large-Scale Direct Shear Test

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Longqi Liu ◽  
Xuesong Mao ◽  
Yajun Xiao ◽  
Qian Wu ◽  
Ke Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Direct Shear Test ◽  
Shear Test ◽  
Volumetric Strain ◽  
Direct Shear ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Particle Content ◽  
Rock Particle

The mechanical strength of the landslide deposits directly affects the safety and operation of the roads in the western mountainous area of China. Therefore, the research is aimed at studying the mechanisms of a landslide deposit sample with different rock particle contents by analyzing its characteristics of the stress-strain behavior, the “jumping” phenomenon, the volumetric strain, and the shear strength parameters via a large-scale direct shear test. Stress-strain results show that stress-strain curves can be divided into 3 different stages: liner elastic stage, yielding stage, and strain-hardening stage. The shear strength of SRM behaves more like “soil” at a lower rock particle content and behaves more like “rock joints” at a higher rock particle content. Characteristics of the “jumping” phenomenon results show that the “intense jumping” stage becomes obvious with the increasing rock particle content and the normal stress. However, the lower the rock particle content is, the more obvious the “jumping” phenomenon under the same normal stress is. Volumetric strain results show that the sample with a lower rock particle content showed a dilatancy behavior under the low normal stress and shrinkage behavior under the high normal stress. The dilatancy value becomes smaller with the increasing normal stress. The maximum shear stress value of the rock particle content corresponds to the maximum value of dilatancy or shrinkage. We also conclude that the intercept of the Mohr failure envelope of the soil-rock mixture should be called the “equivalent cohesion,” not simply called the “cohesion.” The higher the normal stress and rock particle content are, the bigger the equivalent cohesion and the internal friction angle is.

scholarly journals Shear rate effect on the residual strength characteristics of saturated loess

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baoqin Lian ◽  
Jianbing Peng ◽  
Qiangbing Huang
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Shear Rate ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Rate Effect ◽  
Shear Tests ◽  
Residual Shear Strength ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Ring Shear ◽  
Ring Shear Tests ◽  
The Difference

Abstract. Residual shear strength of soils is an important soil parameter for assessing the stability of landslides. To investigate the effect of the shear rate on the residual shear strength of loessic soils, a series of ring shear tests were carried out on loess from three landslides at two shear rates (0.1 mm/min and 1 mm/min). Naturally drained ring shear tests results showed that the shear displacement to achieve the residual stage for specimens with higher shear rate was greater than that of the lower rate; both the peak and residual friction coefficient became smaller with increase of shear rate for each sample; at two shear rates, the residual friction coefficients for all specimens under the lower normal stress were greater than that under the higher normal stress. The tests results revealed that the difference in the residual friction angle фr at the two shear rates, фr (1)–фr (0.1), under each normal stress level were either positive or negative values. However, the difference фr(1)–фr (0.1) under all normal stresses was negative, which indicates that the residual shear parameters reduced with the increasing of the shear rate in loess area. Such negative shear rate effect on loess could be attributed to a greater ability of clay particles in specimen to restore broken bonds at low shear rates.

scholarly journals Shear Behaviors of the Intersurface between Rice Straw Rope and Dredger Fill Silt: Experimental and Mechanism Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Guizhong Xu ◽  
Ji Chen ◽  
Shenjie Shi ◽  
Angran Tian ◽  
Qiang Tang
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Normal Stress ◽  
Rice Straw ◽  
Immersion Time ◽  
Interfacial Shear Strength ◽  
Land Reclamation ◽  
Tensile Force ◽  
Interfacial Shear ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Dredger Fill

The further development of land reclamation, port waterway, and wharf construction brings about proper treatments of dredger fill silt, while huge amounts of rice straw set aside in China argument rational disposal every year. Therefore, rice straw is bundled up as ropes, which represent as drainage body and reinforcement, to make eco-friendly treatment for dredger fill silt. This paper investigates the mechanical properties and validity of rice straw rope as certain treating material of dredger fill silt through a series of pull-out test, mass loss test, and tension test on specimens with different water contents and dry densities. The results reveal that peak value of interfacial shear strength rises with the increase of normal stress at the same immersion time, and in particular, it rises by up to 250.0% when the normal stress is 40 kPa. The tensile force of rice straw rope increases slowly with the rise of tensile displacement, and the failure mode changes from brittle to ductile with the rise of immersion time, which witnesses first rapid back slow degradation trend. The proper interfacial shear strength, tensile force, and reasonable degradation rate of rice straw rope make it ideal in drainage and consolidation of dredger fill silt.

Comparison of Solutions of Stress Field Based on Hertzian and Combined Numerical-Crystallographic Approaches Beneath Nanoindenter

2011 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 395-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Horníková ◽  
Pavel Šandera ◽  
Jaroslav Pokluda
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Stress Field ◽  
Nanoindentation Test ◽  
Displacement Curve ◽  
Dislocation Generation ◽  
Metallic Substrates ◽  
Shear Component ◽  
Local Shear ◽  
Close Distance ◽  
The Ideal

Nanoindentation is considered to be a very promising experimental approach to measuring the ideal shear strength since the stressed volume beneath the sharp indenter may be defect-free. The local shear component of the stress reaches its maximum value at some close distance from the indenter in the bulk. The value of the stress can reach the ideal shear strength and, consequently become high enough to nucleate dislocations. This process might be detected as a pop-in on the nanoindentation load-displacement curve. To model the nanoindentation test for that purpose, three different approaches have been used in this works. The first approach is based on the analytical Hertzian solution of the stress field beneath the nanoindenter where only a continuum mechanics is taken into account. The second concept is based on the numerical solution without crystallographic considerations and the third one respects the fact that the dislocation generation in the substrate is subjected to crystallographic rules. The aim of this article is to compare all these concepts by their application to the nanoindentation process performed on selected bcc and fcc metallic substrates.

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