Time-Dependent Deformation and Long-Term Strength of Carbonaceous Mudstone under Dry and Wet Cycles

Sheng-Nan Li (), Zhu Peng (), Zhong-Hua Huang, Qiao Liang, Jie Liu and Wen-Quan Zhou
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Sheng-Nan Li: School of Architectural Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
Zhu Peng: School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China
Zhong-Hua Huang: Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Disaster Prevention-Mitigation and Ecological Restoration in Civil Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
Qiao Liang: School of Architectural Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
Jie Liu: School of Architectural Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China
Wen-Quan Zhou: School of Architectural Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-15

Abstract: Clarifying the time-dependent strength deterioration characteristics of carbonaceous mudstone under dry and wet cycles is of great significance to the design of expressway cut slopes. In this work, we conducted triaxial compression creep tests on carbonaceous mudstone specimens that had undergone different numbers of dry and wet cycles to investigate their creep properties. A function was established between the steady-state viscoplastic creep rate and axial compression. The threshold stress of the steady-state viscoplastic creep rate was assumed as the long-term strength, and the long-term strength deterioration law of carbonaceous mudstone under dry and wet cycles was studied. The results showed that the transient strain, viscoelastic creep, and viscoplastic creep of carbonaceous mudstone increased with the number of dry and wet cycles, and the creep failure stress and transient elasticity modulus decreased. Based on the steady-state viscoplastic creep rate method, the long-term strength of carbonaceous mudstone after n ( n = 0, 3, 6, 9) dry and wet cycles was found to be 74.25%, 64.88%, 57.56%, and 53.16% of its uniaxial compression strength, respectively. Compared with the isochronous curve method and the transition creep method, the steady-state viscoplastic creep rate method can more accurately determine the long-term rock strength. The long-term strength of carbonaceous mudstone under dry and wet cycles decays exponentially, and the long-term strength decay rate during the first three dry and wet cycles is about 215 times the average decay rate.

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; carbonaceous mudstone; dry and wet cycles; creep; long-term strength (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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