Influence of Occurrence Environment on Mechanical Properties of Shale

Abstract:

One of the main content of the environmental geotechnical engineering is engineering disaster problem brought by environmental change, the most basic problem is the influence of occurrence environment on the mechanical properties of rock. The water-saturated and freeze-thaw cycling experiment were conducted for dried shale under the open system, then carried out the mechanical properties experiment on dry and water-saturated state and on certain times of freeze-thaw cycles, the characteristics of the water softening, freeze-thaw damage deterioration, deformation and failure for shale were studied systematically. It is shown that the moisture has an important impact on mechanical effect of shale. With the increasing of the freeze-thaw cycles, the elastic modulus and strength of the shale reduce significantly, then approach stably after experiencing a certain number of freeze-thaw cycles, while the ultimate strain is increasing continuously. The engineering problems brought by environmental change must be solved from moisture and temperature in geotechnical engineering in cold regions.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 295-298)
• Pages: 2807-2811
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.295-298.2807
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Hui Mei Zhang, Jia Fan Zhang, Li Na Lei
• Keywords: Deterioration, Mechanical Characteristic, Occurrence Environment, Rock

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