Experimental study on size effect of shear strength of joints with different infill ratios

HUANG Man; WU Yuewei; LIU Dan; HONG Chenjie; DU Shigui; LUO Zhanyou

doi:10.11779/CJGE20230549

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HUANG Man, WU Yuewei, LIU Dan, HONG Chenjie, DU Shigui, LUO Zhanyou. Experimental study on size effect of shear strength of joints with different infill ratios[J]. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 2024, 46(9): 1820-1830. DOI: 10.11779/CJGE20230549

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Experimental study on size effect of shear strength of joints with different infill ratios

HUANG Man^{1, 3,},
WU Yuewei^{1, 3},
LIU Dan^2, ,,
HONG Chenjie²,
DU Shigui⁴,
LUO Zhanyou⁴

1.
School of Civil Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China
2.
School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
3.
Key Laboratory of Rock Mechanics and Geohazards of Zhejiang Province, Shaoxing 312000, China
4.
Rock Mechanies Institute, Ningbo Uiniversity, Ningbo 3l521l, China

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Received Date: June 14, 2023
Available Online: January 11, 2024

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To address the shortcomings of the existing studies on the size effect of shear strength of rock joints, which do not consider the effects of differences in the filling degree. Firstly, four continuous-size natural joint morphologies with the similar average asperity height and average undulation angle are selected based on the progressively magnifying method, and the joint panels are produced by using the 3D printing technology. Secondly, the infilled joints with five infill ratios are prepared by combining the rock-like material preparation method and the millimeter-level filling devices. Finally, using the direct shear test system for large-scale joints independently developed by the anthors-research group, the laboratory direct shear tests under three normal stress conditions are carried out to obtain the shear mechanics and damage characteristics of the infilled joints. The size effects of the critical infill ratio and shear strength are analyzed. The results show that as the infill ratio increases, the shear damage mode of the joint is mainly changed from "rock-rock" shear fracture to "rock-soil interface" sliding damage, and the normalized peak shear strength gradually decreases until it reaches the critical infill ratio and tends to be stable. As the size of the joints increases, the critical infill ratio gradually increases, ranging from 1.6 to 2.0. There is a more obvious positive size effect on the shear strength of the unfilled joints, while the size effects on the shear strength of the infilled joints are not obvious. Through the analysis of the size effect mechanism, without considering the influences of the average undulation angle of the joints, it is found that the average undulation height is the main factor affecting the size effects of the critical infill ratio and shear strength. The above research can lay an experimental foundation for establishing the size effect model for shear strength of the infilled joints.
- infilled joint,
- "rock-soil interface" failure,
- shear strength,
- critical infill ratio,
- size effect

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