Mechanical Properties of Sandstone under Loading and Unloading Conditions

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The mechanical properties of rock mass under unloading conditions are essentially different from that under loading conditions. Triaxial compression tests and unloading confining pressure tests are conducted, and test results show that unloading failure is more brittle, and rock samples suffer more damage under unloading failure. The larger the initial confining pressure is, the easier of unloading failure is occurred. The increasing or decreasing values of rock deformation modulus under unloading conditions are within 10% of rock triaxial compressive strength. Unloading failure leads to deterioration of rock deformation modulus, which decreases gradually with confining pressure decreasing, and the decrease rates get bigger and bigger with unloading ratio of confining pressure increasing. Deformation modulus is only 24-34% of that under loading condition when rock strength goes down to residual strength.

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January 2014

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