An Elasto-Viscoplastic Constitutive Model with Strain Softening

Toshihisa Adachi; Fusao Oka; Feng Zhang

doi:10.3208/sandf.38.2_27

An elasto-plastic constitutive model for soft rock with strain softening

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics ◽

10.1002/nag.1610190402 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 233-247 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

T. Adachi ◽

F. Oka

Keyword(s):

Constitutive Model ◽

Strain Softening ◽

Soft Rock

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Elastoplastic Analysis of Circular Opening Based on a New Strain-Softening Constitutive Model and Its Engineering Application in Hydraulic Fracturing

Advances in Civil Engineering ◽

10.1155/2018/2806489 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

T. Yang ◽

Q. S. Ye

Keyword(s):

Rock Mass ◽

Constitutive Model ◽

Hydraulic Fracturing ◽

Bearing Capacity ◽

Fracture Zone ◽

Strain Softening ◽

Circular Opening ◽

Elastic Peak ◽

Load Bearing ◽

Plastic Model

Constitutive effect is extremely important for the research of the mechanical behavior of surrounding rock in hydraulic fracturing engineering. In this paper, based on the triaxial test results, a new elastic-peak plastic-softening-fracture constitutive model (EPSFM) is proposed by considering the plastic bearing behavior of the rock mass. Then, the closed-form solution of a circular opening is deduced with the nonassociated flow rule under the cavity expansion state. Meanwhile, the parameters of the load-bearing coefficient and brittles coefficient are introduced to describe the plastic bearing capacity and strain-softening degrees of rock masses. When the above two parameters take different values, the new solution of EPSFM can be transformed into a series of traditional solutions obtained based on the elastic-perfectly plastic model (EPM), elastic-brittle plastic model (EBM), elastic-strain-softening model (ESM), and elastic-peak plastic-brittle plastic model (EPBM). Therefore, it can be applied to a wider range of rock masses. In addition, the correctness of the solution is validated by comparing with the traditional solutions. The effect of constitutive relation and parameters on the mechanical response of rock mass is also discussed in detail. The research results show that the fracture zone radii of circular opening presents the characteristic of EBM > EPBM > ESM > EPSFM; otherwise, it is on the contrast for the critical hydraulic pressure at the softening-fracture zone interface; the postpeak failure radii show a linear decrease with the increase of load-bearing coefficients or a nonlinear increase with the increasing brittleness coefficient. This study indicates that the rock mass with a certain plastic bearing capacity is more difficult to be cracked by hydraulic fracturing; the higher the strain-softening degree of rock mass is, the easier it is to be cracked. From a practical point of view, it provides very important theoretical values for determining the fracture range of the borehole and providing a design value of the minimum pumping pressure in hydraulic fracturing engineering.

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Stury of Post-Failure Constitutive Relation Based on SMP Criterion

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.790.405 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 790 ◽

pp. 405-409

Author(s):

Jian Ming Zhu ◽

Ze Xiang Wu ◽

Qi Zhao ◽

Chong Yang

Keyword(s):

Residual Stress ◽

Elastic Modulus ◽

Constitutive Model ◽

Constitutive Relation ◽

Strain Softening ◽

Friction Angle ◽

Peak Friction Angle ◽

Confining Pressures ◽

Intermediate Variables ◽

Nonlinear Elastic

In this paper, based on SMP criteria, combination of strain softening of rock material mechanics theory, the after peak friction angleφfor the intermediate variables, the residual strainεto express the after peak nonlinear elastic modulusE, and finally establish a unified non-linear constitutive model of the rock peak residual stress. Combination Xiao Guanzhuang Eastern Mine typical breakdown rock of diorite triaxial test , get stress-strain curves for different confining pressures by this model. It shows that peak constitutive relation of this study can simulate the experimental results, prove the rationality of the model.

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