scholarly journals Triaxial Mechanical Properties and Micromechanism of Calcareous Sand Modified by Nanoclay and Cement

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Jian Li ◽  
Jun Hu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Cement Composite ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Stress And Strain ◽  
Calcareous Sand ◽  
Marine Biological ◽  
Different Content ◽  
The Impact

Calcareous sand is developed by the fracture of marine biological skeleton under the impact of seawater. Calcareous sand is not transported in the process of deposition. Therefore, calcareous sand retains the characteristics of marine biological skeleton, low strength, and porous. In order to study the effect of nanoclay and cement on the modification of calcareous sand, a series of tests were carried out on the modified cement calcareous sand (CCS) with different content of nanoclay. In this study, the triaxial mechanical properties and failure modes of nanoclay and cement composite modified calcareous sand (NCCS) were studied through the triaxial UU test. Then, SEM tests were carried out on CCS and NCCS samples, and the micromechanism of nanoclay and cement composite modified Nanhai calcareous sand was analyzed. The results showed that (1) the shear properties of CCS could be improved by adding nanoclay. The optimum admixture ratio of nanoclay was 8%, and its peak stress was 23%-39% higher than that of CCS. (2) The peak stress and strain of NCCS showed a linear correlation. (3) Compared with CCS, the internal friction angle and cohesion of NCCS were increased by 5.2% and 52%, respectively. (4) Nanoclay could improve the compactness and structure of cement calcareous sand, and the macroscopic performance is the improvement of peak stress and cohesion.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Compression Mechanical Properties of Frozen Fine Sandstone

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jiehao Wu ◽  
Haibo Wang ◽  
Qi Zong ◽  
Ying Xu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Freezing Temperature ◽  
Fracture Morphology ◽  
Tensile Failure ◽  
Average Strain ◽  
Average Strain Rate ◽  
The Impact

Aiming at the dynamic mechanical properties of weakly cemented fine sandstone in the rich water-bearing strata in western China under dynamic loading, a 50 mm rod diameter separation Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test was used to study the Paleogene fine sandstone in a coal mine in Ningxia. The system carried out the impact compression tests of −15°C, −20°C, and −30°C and the average strain rate of 28 s−1–83 s−1 and obtained the dynamic compressive strength of the frozen fine sandstone specimens under different test conditions. The strain curve and the fracture morphology were analyzed for the relationship between dynamic peak stress, peak strain, dynamic strength growth coefficient (DIF), and fracture morphology and strain rate. The results show that the peak stress of frozen fine sandstone increases from the decrease of freezing temperature under the same average strain rate. The peak stress of the specimen increases from the increase in the average strain rate of the same freezing temperature. The failure modes of specimen are mainly divided into axial splitting tensile failure and compression crushing failure. To the splitting tensile failure and the compression crushing failure, the main factors determining the two failure modes are the strain rate, while the temperature affects the severity of the impact damage. In the load strain rate and temperature range, the DIF of the frozen fine sandstone is linearly correlated with the strain rate, and the lower the temperature, the slower the growth rate of the DIF.

scholarly journals Experimental Study on the Mechanical Properties and Compression Size Effect of Recycled Aggregate Concrete

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2323
Author(s):  
Yubing Du ◽  
Zhiqing Zhao ◽  
Qiang Xiao ◽  
Feiting Shi ◽  
Jianming Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Size Effect ◽  
Compressive Stress ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Recycled Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Substitution Ratio ◽  
The Impact

To explore the basic mechanical properties and size effects of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) with different substitution ratios of coarse recycled concrete aggregates (CRCAs) to replace natural coarse aggregates (NCA), the failure modes and mechanical parameters of RAC under different loading conditions including compression, splitting tensile resistance and direct shear were compared and analyzed. The conclusions drawn are as follows: the failure mechanisms of concrete with different substitution ratios of CRCAs are similar; with the increase in substitution ratio, the peak compressive stress and peak tensile stress of RAC decrease gradually, the splitting limit displacement decreases, and the splitting tensile modulus slightly increases; with the increase in the concrete cube’s side length, the peak compressive stress of RAC declines gradually, but the integrity after compression is gradually improved; and the increase in the substitution ratio of the recycled aggregate reduces the impact of the size effect on the peak compressive stress of RAC. Furthermore, an influence equation of the coupling effect of the substitution ratio and size effect on the peak compressive stress of RAC was quantitatively established. The research results are of great significance for the engineering application of RAC and the strength selection of RAC structure design.

scholarly journals Hysteretic Behavior of Geopolymer Concrete with Active Confinement Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Axial Compression: An Experimental Study

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 3997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huailiang Wang ◽  
Yuhui Wu ◽  
Min Wei ◽  
Lang Wang ◽  
Baoquan Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Failure Modes ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Hysteretic Behavior ◽  
Stress And Strain ◽  
Geopolymer Concrete ◽  
Cement Concrete ◽  
Cyclic Compression ◽  
Stress States ◽  
Loading Modes ◽  
Good Agreement

This paper investigated the performance of actively confined geopolymer concrete (GPC) through experiments. The mechanical properties of GPC under triaxial stress states were analyzed and discussed from the prospects of failure modes, axial peak stress and strain, monotonic and cyclic constitutive relationships. The experimental results demonstrated that the loading modes (monotonic loading and cyclic loading) had little effect on the failure mode and axial peak stress and strain. The improvement of the strength and ductility of GPC with the increase in confinement level was consistent with that of the conventional cement concrete while the strain enhancement of confined GPC was lower than that of confined conventional cement concrete at the same confinement level. The curves of the monotonic stress–strain and the envelop of cyclic compression were predicted through Mander’s model with good accuracy. The unloading/reloading models proposed by Lokuge were modified and the predicted cyclic hysteresis curves for actively confined GPC were in good agreement with the cyclic compression results. Findings from this study provide references for the application of geopolymer concrete.

Hybrid composite laminates reinforced with flax-basalt-glass woven fabrics for lightweight load bearing structures

2020 ◽  
pp. 152808372096074
Author(s):  
Mohamed A Attia ◽  
Marwa A Abd El-baky ◽  
Mostafa M Abdelhaleem ◽  
Mohamed A Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Woven Fabrics ◽  
Plane Shear ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Impact Properties ◽  
Basalt Glass ◽  
Interlaminar Shear ◽  
The Impact

An experimental investigation on the mechanical performance of interlayer hybrid flax-basalt-glass woven fabrics reinforced epoxy composite laminates has been performed. The tensile, flexural, in-plane shear, interlaminar shear, bearing, and impact properties of the fabricated laminates were investigated. Test specimens were fabricated using vacuum bagging process. Failure modes of all specimens were recorded and discussed. Results proved that the mechanical properties of flax-basalt-glass hybrid laminates are highly dominated by the reinforcement combinations and plies stacking sequence. Hybridizing flax fiber reinforced composite with basalt and/or glass fabrics provides an effective method for enhancing its tensile, flexural, in-plane shear, interlaminar shear, and bearing properties as well as controls the impact strength of the composite. The fabricated hybrids are found to have good specific mechanical properties benefits. Amongst the studied flax/basalt/glass hybrids, FBGs has the highest tensile properties, GBFs has the highest flexural and impact properties, and GFBs has the best shear and bearing properties. Flax-basalt-glass hybrid composites with different layering sequence seem to be an appropriate choice for lightweight load bearing structures.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation on Failure Modes and Mechanical Properties of Rock-Like Specimens with a Grout-Infilled Flaw under Triaxial Compression

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Huilin Le ◽  
Shaorui Sun ◽  
Feng Zhu ◽  
Haotian Fan
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Rock Mass ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Fractured Rock ◽  
Triaxial Compression ◽  
Friction Angle ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Compression Tests

Flaws existing in rock mass are one of the main factors resulting in the instability of rock mass. Epoxy resin is often used to reinforce fractured rock mass. However, few researches focused on mechanical properties of the specimens with a resin-infilled flaw under triaxial compression. Therefore, in this research, epoxy resin was selected as the grouting material, and triaxial compression tests were conducted on the rock-like specimens with a grout-infilled flaw having different geometries. This study draws some new conclusions. The high confining pressure suppresses the generation of tensile cracks, and the failure mode changes from tensile-shear failure to shear failure as the confining pressure increases. Grouting with epoxy resin leads to the improvement of peak strengths of the specimens under triaxial compression. The reinforcement effect of epoxy resin is better for the specimens having a large flaw length and those under a relatively low confining pressure. Grouting with epoxy resin reduces the internal friction angle of the samples but improves their cohesion. This research may provide some useful insights for understanding the mechanical behaviors of grouted rock masses.

scholarly journals Experimental and Mathematical Modeling of Monotonic Behavior of Calcareous Sand

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Haotian Zhang ◽  
Zongmu Luo ◽  
Yanyu Qiu ◽  
Huachao Liu ◽  
Juan Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Residual Stress ◽  
Relative Density ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Confining Pressure ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Hyperbolic Function ◽  
Saturated Sand ◽  
Calcareous Sand ◽  
Stress Strain

The prominent performance of wave elimination and energy absorption makes calcareous sand important and useful in infrastructure construction and protection engineering. Due to the high compressibility induced by remarkable intragranular void and irregular shape, calcareous sand presents different mechanical behaviors from common terrestrial sands. Considerable efforts have been made to explore the static and dynamic mechanical properties of calcareous sand. In this paper, a series of monotonous experiments have been performed on calcareous sand utilizing the electrohydraulic servo-controlled test apparatus designed by the Global Digital Systems Ltd (GDS). The effects of confining pressure and relative density on the mechanical properties of dry, drained, and undrained saturated sand were studied, and the underlying micromechanism of deformation and failure was discussed. It can be found that the residual stress of dry calcareous sand is independent of the relative density, while the peak stress and residual stress of drainage saturated sand have a positive correlation with the relative density. The increase of confining pressure makes the strain softening more remarkable and heightens the peak stress and residual stress. The stress-strain curve of calcareous sand can be divided into two portions: prepeak portion and postpeak softening portion. For the dry sand and drainage saturated sand, the softened part can be partitioned into three phases, i.e., accelerated phase, steady phase, and degradation phase, while the undrained saturated sand tends to hyperbolic softening. A mathematical model composed of a hyperbolic function and an inverted S-shaped function was formulated to describe the multiphase characteristic, in which the setting of parameter p expands its applicability. The experimental result validated the model, showing that the model can better describe the monotonic stress-strain relationship of calcareous sand. Besides, the physical meanings of model parameters were discussed.

Research on the Mechanical Properties and Energy Consumption Transfer Law of Cement Tailings Backfill Under Impact Load

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 889-898
Author(s):  
Yong-Ye Mu ◽  
Xiang-Long Li ◽  
Jian-Guo Wang ◽  
Zhi-Gao Leng
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Impact Load ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Peak Strain ◽  
Impact Compression ◽  
Average Strain Rate ◽  
Failure Morphology ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Impact

The cemented tailings backfill (CTB), which plays a significant role in the stability of mine structure, is made of cement, tailings, and water in a certain proportion. When blasting and excavating an underground mine, the CTB will be disturbed by blasting. The impact load of blasting has an impact on the stability of the CTB, which is directly related to the safety of mine construction. The mechanical behaviour of CTB is generally affected by the cement-tailings ratio (C/T) and average strain rate (ASR). Therefore, a series of impact experiments were carried out on three CTB specimens with different C/T using a SHPB. Combined with the experimental results, this account reports studies on the effects of C/T and ASR on the mechanical properties of CTB, and on the energy transfer laws of CTB during impact compression. The research results show that when the ASR is less than 70 s−1, the peak stress and the peak strain have the same trend, and both of them continue to increase with the increase of ASR.When the ASR exceeds 70 s−1, as the ASR increases, the peak stress continues to increase, but the peak strain decreases gradually. Afterwards, the law of energy transfer of the CTB specimen was analyzed. It was found that as the incident energy increased, the energy reflection ratio of the CTB increased. Both the energy transmitted ratio and the energy dissipation ratio decreased. The volumetric energy showed a sharp increase first and then a trend Because of the slowly increasing trend. Finally, according to the failure morphology of the CTB, it is found that the ASR and the C/T together affect the failure of the CTB. The failure model of the CTB is mainly split failure and crush failure.

scholarly journals Experimental Study of the Influence of Moisture Content on the Mechanical Properties and Energy Storage Characteristics of Coal

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Nan Liu ◽  
Chuanming Li ◽  
Ruimin Feng ◽  
Xin Xia ◽  
Xiang Gao
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Rock Burst ◽  
Elastic Energy ◽  
Coal Sample ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Peak Strain ◽  
Energy Index ◽  
The Impact

Rock burst occurs frequently as coal mining depth goes deeper, which seriously impacts the safety production of underground coal mines. Coal seam water injection is a technique commonly used to prevent and control such accidents. Moisture content is a critical factor tightly related to rock burst; however, an in-depth insight is required to discover their relationship. In this study, the influence of moisture content on the mechanical properties of coal and rock burst tendency is explored via multiple measurement techniques: uniaxial compression test, cyclic loading/unloading test, and acoustic emission (AE) test. These tests were performed on coal samples using the MTS-816 rock mechanics servo testing machine and AE system. The testing results showed that with the increase in moisture content, the peak strength and elastic modulus of each coal sample are reduced while the peak strain increases. The duration of the elastic deformation phase in the complete stress-strain curves of coal samples is shortened. As the moisture content increases, the area of hysteretic loop and elastic energy index W ET of each coal sample are reduced, and the impact energy index K E is negatively correlated with the moisture content, whereas dynamic failure time is positively correlated with the moisture content, but this variation trend is gradually mitigated with the continuous increase of moisture content. The failure of the coal sample is accompanied by the sharp increase in the AE ring-down count, whose peak value lags behind the peak stress, and the ring-down count is still generated after the coal sample reached the peak stress. With the increase in moisture content, the failure mode of the coal sample is gradually inclined to tensile failure. The above test results manifested that the strength of the coal sample is weakened to some extent after holding moisture, the accumulative elastic energy is reduced in case of coal failure, and thus, coal and rock burst tendency can be alleviated. The study results can provide a theoretical reference for studying the fracture instability of moisture-bearing coal and prevention of coal and rock burst by the water injection technique.

Study on the Hyperbranched Polyphosphate Ester Modified Epoxy Resin

2013 ◽  
Vol 830 ◽  
pp. 211-214
Author(s):  
Xu Dong Tang ◽  
Sheng Long Tan
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Impact Strength ◽  
Flame Retardant ◽  
Epoxy Resins ◽  
Oxygen Index ◽  
Flame Retardant Property ◽  
Different Content ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Modified Epoxy

Mechanical properties and flame retardant property of the cured epoxy resins contained different content of hyperbranched polyphosphate ester(HPPE) were studyed. The results indicated that the tensile strength and the impact strength were inceased to11.26% and 306% respectively with HPPE loadings of 15%,besides the Oxygen Index(OI) value increased from 22 to 33 which shows a good flame retardant property was obtained.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Additively Manufactured Polymer Tools on the Fiber Configuration of Injection Molded Long-Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Lukas Knorr ◽  
Robert Setter ◽  
Dominik Rietzel ◽  
Katrin Wudy ◽  
Tim Osswald
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Fiber Concentration ◽  
Cycle Number ◽  
Geometrical Accuracy ◽  
Small Series ◽  
The Impact

Additive tooling (AT) utilizes the advantages of rapid tooling development while minimizing geometrical limitations of conventional tool manufacturing such as complex design of cooling channels. This investigation presents a comparative experimental analysis of long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic parts (LFTs), which are produced through additively manufactured injection molding polymer tools. After giving a review on the state of the art of AT and LFTs, additive manufacturing (AM) plastic tools are compared to conventionally manufactured steel and aluminum tools toward their qualification for spare part and small series production as well as functional validation. The assessment of the polymer tools focuses on three quality criteria concerning the LFT parts: geometrical accuracy, mechanical properties, and fiber configuration. The analysis of the fiber configuration includes fiber length, fiber concentration, and fiber orientation. The results show that polymer tools are fully capable of manufacturing LFTs with a cycle number within hundreds before showing critical signs of deterioration or tool failure. The produced LFTs moldings provide sufficient quality in geometrical accuracy, mechanical properties, and fiber configuration. Further, specific anomalies of the fiber configuration can be detected for all tool types, which include the occurrence of characteristic zones dependent on the nominal fiber content and melt flow distance. Conclusions toward the improvement of additively manufactured polymer tool life cycles are drawn based on the detected deteriorations and failure modes.

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