Mechanical Behaviors of Granite after Thermal Shock with Different Cooling Rates

Peng Xiao, Jun Zheng, Bin Dou, Hong Tian, Guodong Cui and Muhammad Kashif
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Peng Xiao: Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Jun Zheng: Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Bin Dou: Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Hong Tian: Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Guodong Cui: Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Muhammad Kashif: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-17

Abstract: During the construction of nuclear waste storage facilities, deep drilling, and geothermal energy development, high-temperature rocks are inevitably subjected to thermal shock. The physical and mechanical behaviors of granite treated with different thermal shocks were analyzed by non-destructive (P-wave velocity test) and destructive tests (uniaxial compression test and Brazil splitting test). The results show that the P-wave velocity ( V P ), uniaxial compressive strength ( UCS ), elastic modulus ( E ), and tensile strength ( s t ) of specimens all decrease with the treatment temperature. Compared with air cooling, water cooling causes greater damage to the mechanical properties of granite. Thermal shock induces thermal stress inside the rock due to inhomogeneous expansion of mineral particles and further causes the initiation and propagation of microcracks which alter the mechanical behaviors of granite. Rapid cooling aggravates the damage degree of specimens. The failure pattern gradually transforms from longitudinal fracture to shear failure with temperature. In addition, there is a good fitting relationship between P-wave velocity and mechanical parameters of granite after different temperature treatments, which indicates P-wave velocity can be used to evaluate rock damage and predict rock mechanical parameters. The research results can provide guidance for high-temperature rock engineering.

Keywords: high temperature; granite; cooling rates; P-wave velocity; mechanical properties; failure patterns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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