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Title: Failure and Energy Evolution Characteristics of Saturated Natural Defective Material Under Different Confining Pressures.
Authors: Gao, Zhihao1 (AUTHOR), Guo, Shihao1,2 (AUTHOR) skd996359@sdust.edu.cn, Yang, Xiaoyong1,2 (AUTHOR), Hu, Shanchao1,2 (AUTHOR), Huang, Junhong1 (AUTHOR), Cheng, Yafei1 (AUTHOR), Yin, Dawang1 (AUTHOR), Dou, Jinhao1 (AUTHOR)
Source: Materials (1996-1944). May2025, Vol. 18 Issue 9, p2027. 20p.
Subjects: Mechanical behavior of materials, Structural control (Engineering), Elastic modulus, Fracture mechanics, Discrete element method
Abstract: In nature, many brittle materials contain natural defects such as microcracks or joints, for example, rocks. Under water-saturated conditions, the strength of defective materials undergoes varying degrees of attenuation, leading to material failure and even structural instability in engineering contexts. Moreover, the deformation and failure of defective brittle materials are essentially the result of the accumulation and dissipation of energy. Studying the energy evolution of defective brittle materials under load is more conducive to reflecting the intrinsic characteristics of strength changes and overall failure of brittle materials under external loading. Natural defective brittle rock materials were firstly water saturated and triaxial compression tests were performed to determine the mechanical properties of water-saturated materials. The energy evolution patterns of water-saturated materials under varying confining pressures were also obtained. Using the discrete element method, the macro- and micro-failure characteristics of water-saturated materials were investigated, revealing the mesoscopic mechanisms of deformation and failure evolution in these materials. The results indicate that confining pressure significantly enhances the peak compressive strength and elastic modulus of water-saturated defective materials. When the confining pressure increased from 0 MPa to 20 MPa, the peak strength and elastic modulus of the water-saturated materials increased by 126.8% and 91.9%, respectively. Confining pressure restricts the radial deformation of water-saturated materials and dominates the failure mode. As confining pressure increases, the failure mode transitions from tensile splitting (at 0 MPa confining pressure) to shear failure (at confining pressures ≥ 10 MPa), with the failure plane angle gradually decreasing as confining pressure rises. Confining pressure significantly alters the energy storage–release mechanism of water-saturated defective brittle materials. At peak load, the total energy, elastic energy, and dissipated energy increased by 347%, 321%, and 1028%, respectively. The ratio of elastic energy storage to peak strain ratio shows a positive correlation, and the elastic storage ratio of water-saturated defective brittle materials under confining pressure is always higher than that without confining pressure. When the strain ratio exceeds 0.94, a negative correlation between confining pressure and the rate of elastic storage ratio is observed. From the perspective of mesoscopic fracture evolution in water-saturated defective brittle materials, the crack propagation path shifts from the periphery to the center of the material, and the fracture angle decreases linearly from 89° to 58° as confining pressure increases. The dominant direction of crack development is concentrated within the 45–135° range. The findings elucidate the mechanisms by which water saturation and confining pressure influence the strength degradation of natural defective brittle materials from both mesoscopic and energy perspectives, providing theoretical support for the stability control of related engineering structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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