Dynamic response of pre-stressed rock with a circular cavity subject to transient loading

作者:Tao, Ming*; Ma, Ao; Cao, Wenzhuo; Li, Xibing; Gong, Fengqiang
来源:International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2017, 99: 1-8.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2017.09.003

摘要

Scientists have attempted to investigate deep underground rock failure. A key challenge to study underground rock failure is the difficulty to survey its process. Therefore, a large number of important and insightful laboratory investigations of underground rock failure experiments are conducted. In this paper, an experimental method is proposed to explore dynamic failure process of pre-stressed rock specimen with a circular hole. The failure process of a rock specimen under different initial static stress coupled with dynamic loading is clearly illustrated by a high speed camera. The experimental results indicated that high static pre-stress coupled with dynamic loading induces rock debris to be ejected at the surrounding circular hole; however, lower static prestress coupled dynamic loading cannot induce rock failure. The dynamic stress concentration surrounding the circular hole by transient wave incidence was further demonstrated at the condition of half-sine wave loading. In this condition, the results demonstrated that combined action of static and dynamic stress concentrations induces the primary fractures of rock specimen.