scholarly journals Experimental Study and Application of a Novel Foamed Concrete to Yield Airtight Walls in Coal Mines

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hu Wen ◽  
Shixing Fan ◽  
Duo Zhang ◽  
Weifeng Wang ◽  
Jun Guo ◽  
...  

Airtight walls are vital to prevent spontaneous combustion of residual coal as caused by air leakage. A new type of foamed concrete (FC) was developed to control air leakage. FC specimens of four densities (250, 450, 650, and 850 kg/m3) were prepared for use in a series of physical and mechanical tests. A thickener was used to control the FC shrinkage and collapse. The permeability of the FC decreased approximately exponentially with an increasing density. On the contrary, the compressive strength (σ) and elastic modulus (E) increased in exponential and linear relationship separately with the increase in density, under uniaxial compression conditions. Under triaxial compression, the compressive strength of the FC increased with an increase in confining pressure and appeared slight plastic. The impact experiment showed that the dynamic compressive strength of the FC appeared to be strain-rate dependent, and it increased with an increase in the strain rate and pressure under a confining pressure. Without a confining pressure, the variation in compressive strength exhibited a slow decrease. Applied FC resulted in a 5 MPa 28-day compressive strength of the airtight wall with no remaining fissures and with air leakage suppression to the gob.

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1131-1155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Zhou ◽  
Wei Ma ◽  
Shujuan Zhang ◽  
Cong Cai ◽  
Yanhu Mu ◽  
...  

A series of multistage triaxial compression, creep, and stress relaxation tests were conducted on frozen loess at the temperature of −6℃ in order to study the damage evolution and recrystallization enhancement of mechanical properties during deformation process. The effect of strain rate, confining pressure, and hydrostatic stress history in the degradation laws of mechanical properties is investigated further. The strain rate has a significant influence on the stress–strain curve which dominates the evolution trend of mechanical properties. The mechanical behaviors (strength, stiffness, and viscosity) of frozen loess all exhibit evident response for the consolidation and pressure melting phenomenon caused by the confining pressure. The multistage loading tests under different hydrostatic stresses are capable of differentiating the development characteristics of mechanical properties during axial loading and hydrostatic compression process, respectively. The testing results indicated that the recrystallization of the ice particle in the frozen soils is an important microscopic factor for enhancement behaviors of mechanical parameters during the deformation process. This strengthening degree of mechanical properties is determined by temperature, duration time, deformation degree, and stress state during the recrystallization process. The phase transformation led by pressure melting and ice recrystallization is a nonnegligible changing pattern of frozen soils microstructure, which has apparent role in the damage evolution of mechanical properties.


2020 ◽  
Vol 991 ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Sallehan Ismail ◽  
Mohamad Asri Abd Hamid ◽  
Zaiton Yaacob

This study aims to investigate the dynamic behavior of recycled mortar under impact loading using a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB). Several mortar mixtures were produced by adding various fine recycled aggregates (FRA) to the mixture in replacement percentages of 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the natural fine aggregate (NFA). The effects of strain rate on compressive strength and specific energy absorption were obtained. Results show that the dynamic compressive strength and specific energy absorption of recycled mortar are highly strain rate dependent; specifically, they increase nearly linearly with the increase in peak strain rate. However, the compressive strength and specific energy absorption of recycled mortar are generally lower than those of NFA mortar (reference samples) under similar high strain rates. The findings of this research can help researchers and construction practitioners to ascertain the appropriate mix design procedure to optimize the impact strength properties of recycled mortar for protective structural application.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ruijun Wang ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Fan Xu ◽  
Xiaotong Li ◽  
...  

This study aims at determining the effect of water pressure on the mechanical properties of concrete subjected to freeze-thaw (F-T) attack under the dynamic triaxial compression state. Two specimens were used: (1) a 100 mm × 100 mm × 400 mm prism for testing the loss of mass and relative dynamic modulus of elasticity (RDME) after F-T cycles and (2) cylinders with a diameter of 100 mm and a height of 200 mm for testing the dynamic mechanical properties of concrete. Strain rates ranged from 10−5·s−1 to 10−3·s−1, and F-T cycles ranged from 0 to 100. Three levels of water pressure (0, 5, and 10 MPa) were applied to concrete. Results showed that as the number of F-T cycles increased, the mass loss rate of the concrete specimen initially decreased and then increased, but the RDME decreased. Under 5 MPa of water pressure and at the same strain rate, the ultimate compressive strength decreased, whereas the peak strain increased with the increase in the number of F-T cycles. This result is contrary to the variation law of ultimate compressive strength and peak strain with the increase in strain rate under the same number of F-T times. With the increase in F-T cycles or water pressure, the strain sensitivity of the dynamic increase factor of ultimate compressive strength and peak strain decreased, respectively. After 100 F-T cycles, the dynamic compressive strength under all water pressure levels tended to increase as the strain rate increased, whereas the peak strain decreased gradually.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Li ◽  
Demin Wei

In this paper, rate-dependent cohesive zone model was established to numerical simulate the fracture process of soda-lime glass under impact loading. Soda-lime glass is widely used in architecture and automobile industry due to its transparency. To improve the accuracy of fracture simulation of soda-lime glass under impact loading, strain rate effect was taken into consideration and a rate-dependent cohesive zone model was established. Tensile-shear mixed mode fracture was also taken account. The rate-dependent cohesive zone model was implemented in the commercial finite element code ABAQUS/Explicit with the user subroutine VUMAT. The fracture behavior of a monolithic glass plate impacted by a hemispherical impactor was simulated. The simulation results demonstrated that the rate-dependent cohesive zone model is more suitable to describe the impact failure characteristics of a monolithic glass plate, compared to cohesive zone model without consideration of strain rate. Moreover, the effect of the strain rate sensitivity coefficient C, the mesh size of glass plate and the impact velocity on the fracture characteristics were studied.


Author(s):  
W-S Lee ◽  
T-H Chen

Investigation of the impact behaviour of Hadfield steel has been carried out in a broad range of strain rates from 10−3 to 9 × 103s−1 by means of a servo-hydraulic machine and a compressive split Hopkinson bar. The effects of strain rate on the impact properties, substructure evolution and fracture resistance have been evaluated. The observed stress-strain response is influenced greatly by strain rate, resulting in obvious changes of work hardening rate, strain rate sensitivity and activation volume. This rate-dependent behaviour is in good agreement with model predictions using the Zerilli-Armstrong constitutive law. Dislocation tangle and deformation twin substructures are also found to develop as a function of strain rate. Increasing dislocation and twin densities enhance the work hardening rate and flow strength. Catastrophic failure at high rates results from the formation of localized shear bands. With increasing strain rate, there is an increase in brittle cleavage microfracture, resulting in ductility loss. Microcracking initiates at grain boundaries due to the presence of carbide precipitates.


1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen R. Andersen ◽  
Christopher W. Swan ◽  
Charles C. Ladd ◽  
John T. Germaine

The stress–strain behavior of frozen Manchester fine sand has been measured in a high-pressure low-temperature triaxial compression testing system developed for this purpose. This system incorporates DC servomotor technology, lubricated end platens, and on-specimen axial strain devices. A parametric study has investigated the effects of changes in strain rate, confining pressure, sand density, and temperature on behavior for very small strains (0.001%) to very large (> 20%) axial strains. This paper presents constitutive behavior for strain levels up to 1%. On-specimen axial strain measurements enabled the identification of a distinct upper yield stress (knee on the stress–strain curve) and a study of the behavior in this region with a degree of precision not previously reported in the literature. The Young's modulus is independent of strain rate and temperature, increases slightly with sand density in a manner consistent with Counto's model for composite materials, and decreases slightly with confining pressure. In contrast, the upper yield stress is independent of sand density, slightly dependent on confining pressure (considered a second order effect), but is strongly dependent on strain rate and temperature in a fashion similar to that for polycrystalline ice. Key words : frozen sand, high-pressure triaxial compression, strain rate, temperature, modulus, yield stress.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Ninghui Liang ◽  
Ru Yan ◽  
Xinrong Liu ◽  
Peng Yang ◽  
Zuliang Zhong

Compressive properties of hybrid polypropylene fiber-reinforced concrete (HPFRC) with different sizes of polypropylene fibers (PPFs) under the impact load (101∼102/s) were tested by using a 74 mm diameter various cross-section split-Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB), in which the fiber content of fine PPFs was 0.9 kg/m3 and that of coarse PPFs was 6.0 kg/m3. The effect of strain rate and PPF hybridization on the impact characteristics of HPFRC was analyzed. It is found that dynamic compressive properties, including dynamic compressive strength, dynamic compressive strength increase factor (DCF), ultimate strain, and impact toughness, increased with the increase of strain rate. Meanwhile, both fine PPFs and coarse PPFs can enhance the impact strength of concrete, and an appropriate hybridization of two sizes of PPFs in concrete was more effective than the concrete reinforced with one size of PPF. Moreover, a modified constitutive model for HPFRC was proposed based on the Holmquist–Johnson–Cook (HJC) constitutive model. Then, the numerical study of SHPB tests for HPFRC was conducted based on the modified model, which showed that the modified HJC constitutive model could well describe the dynamic stress-strain relationship of HPFRC.


2012 ◽  
Vol 166-169 ◽  
pp. 684-689
Author(s):  
Shu Xin Liu ◽  
Chang Wu Liu ◽  
Yaming Kang ◽  
Duo Yang

Rock strength is closely related to composition and internal structure of water-bearing rock. By using scanning electron microscopy, This paper analyses limestone composition and micro-structural damage mechanisms in the water physical and chemical effects. Besides, By combining with triaxial compression test according to natural state and saturated state of rock samples, and by applying mohr-coulomb strength criterion based on the basic concepts of damage mechanics, The paper obtains the quantitative expression of micro-structural damage by using statistical methods. Finally, The paper establishes the relationship between compressive strength and micro-structural damage and discusses evolution laws of micro-structural damage in limestone under complex stress state, The results show that degree of micro-structural damage increase as the water affection, further more, The correlations between micro structural damage and the compressive strength of water-bearing limestone shows a nonlinear relationship according to different confining pressure.


2012 ◽  
Vol 525-526 ◽  
pp. 261-264
Author(s):  
Y.Z. Guo ◽  
X. Chen ◽  
Xi Yun Wang ◽  
S.G. Tan ◽  
Z. Zeng ◽  
...  

The mechanical behavior of two composites, i.e., CF3031/QY8911 (CQ, hereafter in this paper) and EW100A/BA9916 (EB, hereafter in this paper), under dynamic loadings were carefully studied by using split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system. The results show that compressive strength of CQ increases with increasing strain-rates, while for EB the compressive strength at strain-rate 1500/s is lower then that at 800/s or 400/s. More interestingly, most of the stress strain curves of both of the two composites are not monotonous but exhibit double-peak shape. To identify this unusual phenominon, a high speed photographic system is introduced. The deformation as well as fracture characteristics of the composites under dynamic loadings were captured. The photoes indicate that two different failure mechanisms work during dynamic fracture process. The first one is axial splitting between the fiber and the matrix and the second one is overall shear. The interficial strength between the fiber and matrix, which is also strain rate dependent, determines the fracture modes and the shape of the stress/strain curves.


2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (09n11) ◽  
pp. 1165-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROFUMI MINAMOTO ◽  
ROBERT SEIFRIED ◽  
PETER EBERHARD ◽  
SHOZO KAWAMURA

Impact processes are often analyzed using the coefficient of restitution which represents the kinetic energy loss during impact. In this paper the effect of strain rate dependency of the yield stress on the coefficient of restitution is investigated experimentally and numerically for the impact of a steel sphere against a steel rod. Finite Element simulations using strain-rate dependent material behavior are carried out. In addition, Finite Element simulations with elastic-plastic material behavior, which ignore the strain rate dependency, are carried out as well as elastic material behavior. Comparisons between the experiments and the simulations using strain-rate dependent material behavior show good agreement, and also prove the strong dependency of the coefficient of restitution on the strain rate dependency of the yield stress for steel. The results from both, the experiments and the simulations show also the strong influence of the wave propagation in the rod on the coefficient of restitution.


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